Integrity

INTEGRITY WHAT DOES IT MEAN? I believe integrity is doing what, in your heart, you believe is right. In the play “The Crucible”, by Arthur Miller, there were many characters whose integrity was challenged. One character by the name of John Proctor was challenged. His wife was accused of witchcraft, which he knew was lie because of what his lover Abigail Williams had told him. She told him they were only dancing in the woods, but two of the girls took fright when her uncle had caught them, therefore he knew witchcraft was not involved. He hesitated to tell anybody of this, but in the end he knew he had to, and did it. There are several important concepts to integrity. One of

William Farrington supported my idea by saying that integrity is, "Living up to your own moral standards". If people could realize what an important concept this was, we would be better people. If we did cheat others we would only be cheating ourselves and our integrity, which we should always stand true to. Doing what your heart and gut instinct tells you is what is important, if it feels wrong, then more than likely it is wrong. This is a categorically imperative concept, it is in and of itself good, not because of the effects it produces, but because it"tms right. It is a universal law within every individual person. Live by this concept of integrity today, and get ready for a better tomorrow. But, by not showing our integrity, we are not only hurting ourselves, but the people around us. It was simply put by Dennis Hughes as, "Being honest". By having love for ourselves and love for others, we couldn"tmt go wrong. Nicholson sums it up by saying it is, "Knowing the difference between right and wrong, and doing it". You must be true to yourself before you can be true to others, which leads to another important concept.