Lobbyists try to get legislators to pass legislation in their favor or to keep a law in place. In any event, not only are you asking people to always put others before themselves, but also to always think about what you say or do in terms of society as a whole. I am sure not even a dedicated civil rights leader like Mahatma Gandhi could possibly follow through with this. It is just not realistic enough for human beings to adopt. Second, everyone has different views, therefore, having a different opinion on what goodwill is. Kant thinks goodwill is when “the sight of a being is not graced by any touch of a pure and good will…” (Kant, 9). Meaning that your mind is not focused on getting something in return for doing something good because this is the way it is supposed to be. Furthermore, when I asked two students attending Holy Cross what they thought goodwill meant, they gave me completely different responses. The first student, Martin Dorsey, told me goodwill is “when you’re trying to do something right.” The second student, Adonis Pitts, said that it has to do with “being kind and helpful.” So you see here how we have three different definitions of the same
Lobbyists try to get legislators to pass legislation in their favor or to keep a law in place. In any event, not only are you asking people to always put others before themselves, but also to always think about what you say or do in terms of society as a whole. I am sure not even a dedicated civil rights leader like Mahatma Gandhi could possibly follow through with this. It is just not realistic enough for human beings to adopt. Second, everyone has different views, therefore, having a different opinion on what goodwill is. Kant thinks goodwill is when “the sight of a being is not graced by any touch of a pure and good will…” (Kant, 9). Meaning that your mind is not focused on getting something in return for doing something good because this is the way it is supposed to be. Furthermore, when I asked two students attending Holy Cross what they thought goodwill meant, they gave me completely different responses. The first student, Martin Dorsey, told me goodwill is “when you’re trying to do something right.” The second student, Adonis Pitts, said that it has to do with “being kind and helpful.” So you see here how we have three different definitions of the same