Margaret Heffernan Why Do You Agree Analysis

(1)The majority of people usually try to avoid conflict, because conflict usually has a negative connotation attached to it. It is seem as bad, but sometimes conflict can be used to positively change a certain situation. In the video “Margaret Heffernan: Dare to disagree,” Margaret Heffernan gives many real-life examples on how conflict can be used to positively change the status quo. One example she gives is how a doctor engaged in conflict to help boast the confidence of another doctor who had produce marvelous research and results on how x-raying pregnant women can result in a child’s death, due to cancer that was caused from the x-ray. He was trying to prove her wrong, just so he could not find anything wrong and boast her confidence about her models and statistics. Another example she gives is about a man named George who was working on a device and he thought it had a lot of issues that could injure patients that he could potentially try to treat. He never said anything because nobody else ever said anything. Everyone was quiet and so he thought that maybe he would …show more content…
They then engaged in conflict to try to come up with a way to fix the device they were working on. There were arguments, but it helped bring out their creative and critical thinking skills. Additionally, it helped the man be seen as a leader. Both examples show that you can engage in conflict be helping others. You can positively change the lives of others, and even save someone from dying or getting injured. Additionally, you can help people develop their creative skills and thinking skills, as well as leadership roles. Even though the people you are engaging in conflict with will get angry, in the end it can help them too, because they need to use critical and creative skills in order to prove the opposing side wrong. They can stand up for themselves and develop good leadership