Empathy-altruism

One of the defining features of capitalism is the motivation to work hard and have personal success in a society, making it a very individualistic structure of economy, and people must be selfish in order to become successful. In Proverbs, Solomon brings up personal wells and springs of water and says, “Let them be for yourself alone, and not for sharing with strangers” (Proverbs 5:17). Out of context, this sounds like it would be about self prosperity and selfishly keeping one’s water one’s…

Gloria Steinem once opined, “[a] feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.” Steinem renovated American journalism through being influential on expressing the improving the treatment of women in workplaces through her involvement in the feminist movements of the late 1960’s and 1970’s. Her domineering emotional strength as an independent female character connects similarity to even other beings. In the Four Branches of the Mabinogi, Pwyll encounters a…

My personal beliefs on values and ethics are that morals and behavior should be based on the legal system in our current society as it gives the general overall moral conduct, ethics, and behavior of most people in our society. My personal values, morals and ethical code are based on law, regulations, education, and religion which serve as a basis for distinguishing between right and wrong, and thereby have a direct effect upon my thoughts and behavior. Events, mistakes, and teachings…

World War II was a dark, terrible time in history. It was a time when maniacal, fascist dictators terrorized the masses, and showed signs of growing more powerful by the second. It was a time when citizens lived in fear of armies looting and burning their cities, and sought protection from bombs dropping mercilessly from the sky. It was a time when corruption ran deep into the government, and every official had suspicions about the others leaking information to the enemy. People were afraid,…

doctrine taught by the Chinese philosopher and mentor Kung Fu-tzu, or Confucius. The book The World’s Religions narrates that Confucius was no child of the Enlightenment, instead, he was closer to philosophers and psychologists who recognize that altruism is not much engendered by exhortation(Smith,168). Confucius did not consider himself and his teachings as a perfect or original method, he believed to the wisdom of the past. Confucius was obsessed with tradition, and he saw it as the main…

practice for the benefit of the individual and community being served.” (Epstein and Hundert, 2002). Professional attributes describes a set of behaviours that encompasses professionalism, such as competence, commitment, confidentiality, autonomy, altruism, integrity and honesty, morality and ethical conduct, and trustworthiness (Cruess, Cruess, and Steinert, 2009). Hence, to exhibit professionalism means to possess professional…

The Alcoholics Anonymous meeting I attended was at the Parish Hall at the St. Stephen’s Church in Quinebaug, CT. The meetings are every Monday night at 7 PM. It was a small little hall with four long tables pushed together to give the feeling we were sitting in a circle. There was a row of additional seats behind one of the tables for extra people. It was a mixed group of about twenty men and women. There was a wide age range of people from young adults to elderly although most of them were…

without consent. Often, it is used with individuals that are in a permanently unconscious-vegetative state. An example of this was depicted by the well publicized Terri Schiavo case, when where involuntary euthanasia may be put in practice as an empathy killing to those that are dying but have not given their consent to die. This type of killing is count as a merciful act to the person who dies (Davis, 2015; Dowbiggin, 2013; Leming & Dickinson,…

Letter of Recommendation for Jache Roxas 1. Please describe the setting in which you supervised the applicant. Give details about their responsibilities and relationship to patient care. I am a wellness nurse in a memory care dedicated living assisted living facility. I have known Jache since she came to work at Sunrise on September of 2016. In our facility, Jache is a designated care manager for 7 of our residents. As a care manager, Jache assists residents with various activities of daily…

Human Dynamics Assignment 1 PART A- What is Perception? Explain its importance in the service sector. Perception is how a person understands something. It is the ability to regard or interpret a situation in a specific manner. Perception allows us to experience the various things around us. We perceive different things differently everyday and sometimes our perception towards the same thing changes over time as well. These things can be tangible or intangible. For example, we may perceive a…