Stephen L Carter's Idea Of Integrity Changes From Person To Person

I agree with Stephen L. Carter because people's idea of integrity changes from person to person. Some people believe integrity is the same thing as honesty, but Stephen argues that they are not the same thing. I agree with him because he wrote “The problem may be as simple as someone’s foolishly saying something that hurts a friend’s feeling.” he means that honesty is the same as getting rid of a pain and passing it on to someone else. I have done this or seen this happen many times when someone has been hiding something that is hurtful to someone else, and when they say it they are relieved from holding the secret and making the other person feel bad. One reason I agree with Stephen is that integrity is deciding what is right or wrong or …show more content…
One good example for this ,like Stephen used, is a racist person. That racist person has been believing his whole life thinking one race is superior than the other, and if someone asked about he wouldn’t think the answer through he would just say what he has been taught since a young age. He wouldn’t think his answer to see if it’s right or wrong he would just say his belief without thinking about it. My second reason is that integrity sometimes makes you keep secrets. One is , also from Stephen, a lawyer can’t talk about some things his client has told him. Another example is like a Catholic priest he can’t talk about something that was told to him no matter how good or bad this is integrity you may have to keep secrets from people. Stephen also wrote “The most important thing in acting is honesty; once you learn to fake that, you’re in.” he means honesty is something you can earn. Honesty can also be an excuse to make yourself feel better while you can also make others feel bad or worse. Integrity is not honesty not by a longshot. Honesty is easy to have, but integrity is a hard thing to get. Integrity may not be easy to get, but may be worth having in your