Empathy-altruism

Personal values effect how nurses practice on daily basis. Every nurse has different core values but there are fundamentals such as empathy, caring, honesty, and altruism. In this paper, I will identify my core values, share my beliefs, values, and assumptions about metaparadigm. I will also discuss how my core values effect my current practice and share examples of real life situations. As a nursing student originally from an different country, I believe it is fundamental to embrace…

The documentary, “Dear Kitty” revolves around Miep Gies, and her recollection of helping Anne Frank and her family go into hiding. Miep, was a Dutch citizen who was hired by Anne’s father, Otto Frank. In the summer of 1942, Mr. Frank had initially hired Miep to be the secretary of the business he managed, but with the Nazis ceasing all the Jews from Holland, he would soon need her help with hiding his family. Miep, along with the other four staff members, agreed to help. The Frank family hid in…

these, the circumstances that we are included in, can lead our learning process of ethics and judgement to different ways. They push us to think about the others and develop empathy against them. It can affect us in two opposite ways: We can ignore fairness or we can avoid to do to be ethical. Therefore, the emotions of empathy or sympathy offer us different perspectives to…

When considering the relationship between law and literature, one might come to the conclusion that the intersection between the disciplines is one of interrogation. Literature enables man to ask questions of the letter of the law without endangering himself. If this scenario were to happen, how would this be handled legally? Is the legal decision just and/or moral? It enables man to venture into the psyche of the legally accused and say, “Is this man guilty? Does guilt imply evil? What if I…

have a better understanding of why I am the way that I am. And because of that I can now channel the best version of myself more often. The strengths assessment was the one that I believe really helped me the most. It made me realize the that having empathy and adaptability is actually a good thing. Having those as my top two strengths helps me exercise leadership because it makes me a lot more understanding, which is something I believe all leaders should be able to do. The MBTI assessment…

Comparing and Contrasting Theories of Learning: Behaviorism and Humanism While we have covered much information in this class regarding multiple theories for our behaviors, learning, and even interacting with others, there are two seemingly very different theories that have some striking similarities. These two theories are behaviorism and humanism. Both are used every day in multiple circumstances. Because these two can be very different, they can be used in different ways. At the same time,…

Have you ever experience the feeling of watching some bad news, such as watching how many innocent people are brutally being killed, and then you start thinking about yourself being in the same situation? The U.S. Declaration of Independence reminds us that, “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” So even if we have created…

counselors share (Remley & Herlighy, 2016, p. 8). It is also a valuable characteristic that is extremely essential for counselors to possess, which is the key ingredient to establishing the therapeutic relationship with your client. Genuine empathy or altruism requires that the counselor remains trustworthy, with eminent consideration of the welfare of the client(s). The importance of sustaining an altruistic relationship with the client could make the distinct difference between effectively…

The novel, 1984, was written in the year 1948, unlike the title suggests, as a prediction of how society may be functioning in the year 1984. Although the year 1984, has already previously occurred approximately 33 years ago, George Orwell's 1984 is similar to society in 2017. Not all of Orwell’s predictions for society are always exactly how society is now; however, most of his predictions generally show a reflection of our own society. The social structure that George Orwell presents is true…

be separated from the ethical inclination. Moreover, Hobbes explains his ideals by using the psychological egoism concept (Feinberg 39). Psychological egoism views that individuals are always driven by self-absorption. People who perform acts of altruism do so to fulfill their own needs. It claims that people may help a person in need to end the distress they feel. Further, he maintains that human beings have deep-seated motives to benefit directly and indirectly even as they help others.…