The Circumstances When People Follow or Not Follow Their Conscience
Different circumstances require different measures. That is, there are sometimes when people follow their conscience, and at other times, they don’t follow their conscience. In my opinion, people follow their conscience when they feel that the actions they take are righteous or when they have peace and feel confident about these actions that they take. On the contrary, I believe that most people don’t follow their conscience when they are pressured to do something that they rather not do. In addition, I also believe that different people also follow different actions, based on many of their different attributes, such as their race, the environment they live in, and their place of birth. For example, one …show more content…
She talks about how politicians nowadays justify lying for the greater good of society when, in fact, she believes that they lie in order to serve themselves. In addition, Bok tries “to single out, among these lies, the elements that are consciously and purposely intended to benefit society” (Bok 611). In other words, politicians, at first, act in a certain way that seems to be for the good of the country when, in reality, they consciously act this particular way in order to serve their self-interest. For instance, they would probably say, “If the society benefits, I might as well benefit too by getting something out of it.” In other words, they bring out excuses in order to justify their actions. Sometimes in my life, I follow my conscience when I only receive benefits. For instance, when I was ten years old, I decided to make a cake (with the help of my mother) for my elderly neighbor. However, I did not do so out of the kindness of my heart, for I actually intended to receive a special badge from my boy scouts
Different circumstances require different measures. That is, there are sometimes when people follow their conscience, and at other times, they don’t follow their conscience. In my opinion, people follow their conscience when they feel that the actions they take are righteous or when they have peace and feel confident about these actions that they take. On the contrary, I believe that most people don’t follow their conscience when they are pressured to do something that they rather not do. In addition, I also believe that different people also follow different actions, based on many of their different attributes, such as their race, the environment they live in, and their place of birth. For example, one …show more content…
She talks about how politicians nowadays justify lying for the greater good of society when, in fact, she believes that they lie in order to serve themselves. In addition, Bok tries “to single out, among these lies, the elements that are consciously and purposely intended to benefit society” (Bok 611). In other words, politicians, at first, act in a certain way that seems to be for the good of the country when, in reality, they consciously act this particular way in order to serve their self-interest. For instance, they would probably say, “If the society benefits, I might as well benefit too by getting something out of it.” In other words, they bring out excuses in order to justify their actions. Sometimes in my life, I follow my conscience when I only receive benefits. For instance, when I was ten years old, I decided to make a cake (with the help of my mother) for my elderly neighbor. However, I did not do so out of the kindness of my heart, for I actually intended to receive a special badge from my boy scouts