Central Ethical Beliefs

In my life I hold a high value for my family. I wish to maintain a happy, healthy family life, and therefore try to act so as to best promote a good family life. However, I am human, and therefore I do sometimes fall short. While I try to act in the best interest of my family, sometimes my own selfishness causes me to act in a way that is not in the best interest of my family. I do have ethical guidelines that I try to follow.

The first of these guidelines is the golden rule. "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you." I do not like to be treated badly and therefore I try to treat others in the wa

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The consequences of violating the golden rule cause discord and unhappiness. Socrates encouraged people to seek new ideas and truth by asking questions that prodded people to think deeply and more analytically.

I also feel that it is important to learn from my own mistakes, although some mistakes I do repeat. I would rather act so as to maintain happiness and harmony in my family and with others. Truth is beneficial for people and societies. I want to be happy, and therefore try not to act in a way in which I already know the consequences have made me unhappy. I am sensitive to the feelings of others. "The unexamined life is not worth living. I also do not enjoy treating others badly because it does not make me feel good to hurt others.

Like Socrates, I also believe that we should seek truth in life. On occasion, I lose site of this rule, and treat others in a way that I know I would not want to be treated. This causes conflict and unhappiness, and I then realize that it was not worth it for me to act selfishly, because while it made me happy temporarily, it made me unhappy in the end to hurt another person or people. When I make a mistake, I am unhappy with myself for doing so.

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Approximate Word count = 465
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

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