Bad Decisions: Controversy Of Sin Or Peer Pressure?

The Unbearable lightness of choosing “Because you are in control of your life. Don't ever forget that. You are what you are because of the conscious and subconscious choices you have made.” -Barbara Hall, A Summons to New Orleans, 2000 I personally agree with the writer Jon Spayde on all the aspects he has mentioned in this paper. The writer has discoursed various facets regarding the importance of alternatives in one’s life. But, a very significant point mentioned in this article is, that when a certain individual is in a position to make his own choices or take his own decisions he must keep in mind that he alone will not be the one to face the consequences, but many people will be a part of his decisions. So one must give a serious thought when making a choice, which may have an impact not just on one life but, on the lives of many others. Mr. Spayde points out the fact, that having a choice is the luxury of the privileged class. The unprivileged class cannot afford the luxury of choice. Now the situation is not that bad but we all know that they have limited choices and this lack of choice causes a problem for them in certain situations. According to my own experience, though the lack of choices may cause hurdles at times, still, there deficiency is sometimes ‘a blessing in disguise’. When a person is confined to a certain number of options he has no other way out, but to choose amongst them. This might be the making of an individual. Like we consider an example of a

In today’s society, many people are taught the difference between good and bad decisions. But what truly prevents people from acting on these beliefs if they know what is good and bad? Researchers such as John Darley, Bibb Latane, Milena Tsvetkova, and Michael Macy have explored this question through numerous experiments. The first two factors of decision making come from these findings, the pressures from society and diffusion of responsibility. First hand experiences from a Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, and from a brave citizen, Tara McCartney, tell of real life instances of another factor, selfishness.

“Everyone feels the possibilities in themselves.” Now, when our lives are on the line, or when faced with temptation, it is very easy to overlook this thought of good nature and obtain what you are seeking, only thinking about yourself and not thinking of the effects. But, the thought is still there, and if we are all capable to listen to the thought, and do the best decision with the best outcome.

Man’s development of “bad conscience” is a complicated process that sees its beginnings in slave morality’s doubling of the doer and the deed. According to Nietzsche, the slave (the weaker man) had developed ressentiment towards the noble (the stronger man), labeling the noble as evil and blaming him for slave’s suffering (20-22). The slave separated the noble (the doer) from his instinctive actions (the deeds) and claimed the noble possessed “free will;” the slave believed “the strong are free to be weak” (26). The slave set up the ideal of his own weak and passive instincts being “good” and the strong and active instincts of the nobles being “evil” (26-27). As stated by JHarden, when defining his weakness as good, “the slave turned [his] natural condition of suffering at the hands of others into a condition which should be desired” (JHarden). As religions developed, and the slave morality became dominant, this ideal of good and evil prevailed and forced man to become conscious of his instincts as separate from himself, something he could control.

When a dilemma is brought up many people with a moral compass can affect how one thinks, behave, and

Where I stand on this topic is that all human beings are very individualistic. We have the ability to choose and act based upon our free will. We may choose to do something that isn’t always responsible or for the benefit of others ,but those are some of choices we choose to make. We are incapable of choosing the worst thing possible for ourselves. We act upon what we feel is best for us at the moment or in the future, even though we aren’t always right. Although we are raised in a society were there are morals, norms, and rules we tend to ignore them at times and do things that are irresponsible and immoral. As humans we perform these irresponsible or immoral acts even though we know the consequences that come with our actions. No

We have all made bad decisions without thinking first about the consequences that it will have on others an example of one is when we agreed to the atomic bombing of Japan.We have a moral duty to consider all options before making a big decision about ours and others futures so that we are not hated based on one bad choice.

Humans can be influenced in ways where they could act in ways they know to be wrong, incorrect, or immoral is because they could believe that that is there only option and that they have no choice on to pick the right or wrong decision.

Due to circumstances of society, our life choices may not always be whats best for us. Environment, Religion, and Elders can play a large part in our lives and who we become. Some may say we always have the option to decide our future, but realistically, this is not true due to the wide variety of culture and values we as humans have. More often than not people are forced to choose lifestyles they would not choose for themselves. Unlike decisions based off of how familiar we are with our morals and aspirations, the influence of society can shift, distort, and restrict ones future and choices.

Based on the idea of ideal nature in humans, people have to live up to expectations. To me, my definition of ideal nature is what people want to mold into as an outstanding role model and the best kind of person they can be. So with this in mind, people definitely have complications with this in terms of decision making. This brings about a type of disconnect between peoples ideal nature and their day-to-day decisions. In chapter 2 of Growing in Christian Morality, it talked heavily about morality and there was mention of many key people that helped to demonstrate this. For instance, Kohlberg brought out his six stages. The ones like personal reputation, law and order and avoid punishment show great examples of this. You do things daily that

Many decisions involve a considerable amount of contemplation and reasoning. These decisions include the ethical dilemmas we encounter every day on an individual and global scale, such as contemplating whether capital punishment is just or unjust. Ethics is often confused with factors that are not cohesive with our true self but that are induced from society. Ethics is not feelings, religion, science, or following the law and cultural norm. Ethics is, however, a set of moral behaviors that tell us what is right and wrong in different situations. Through writings such as The Apology by Plato and Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu we are can more clearly get a picture of what it means to be ethical and how to respond to ethical dilemmas.

We lack the emotion and attitude that increases the probability of the kind of free will to substantiate and validate true moral responsibility to praise or blame people for their actions. Ryan states that we have very little control of our character, that our perception of our moral responsibility in relationships is contingent on the perception of others and ourselves like respect and admiration. Daft asserts that sensation-feeling individuals are pragmatic (practical, logical, and rational). If we negate this concept and perception with unwarranted emotion and attitude of an individual’s freedom and responsibility, we can reduce our ethical and emotional state of mind unleashing attitude that could lead to wrath or hatred, even violent behavior. Daft discusses external locus of control and these individuals are hard to motivate, tendency to blame

Our conscience does not judge an individual on their strength or on their beauty; its main focus is on an individual’s moral behavior (Van Til 81). Conscience works in our moral life because our conscience is what judges our actions on whether they were right or wrong (Van Til 81). Moral reflection is when an individual commits an action and they know that it was not the right thing to do (Van Til 81). For example, if an individual was to steal something from a store, their conscience would judge their action on whether that was the right thing to do or not and they would probably regret stealing because their conscience is telling them that it was the wrong thing to do. The conscience also works in our moral life because our conscience is there to help individuals to address the things that we have already done, things that we are doing, and things that we may do (Van Til

Part of human nature is being vulnerable to evil and sin, being vulnerable we make mistakes, it is all part of being human. We just need to acknowledge this and try to learn from our mistakes. Pride

Some decisions you make aren't terribly important. For example, if you know peanut are not good for your intestine you have a choice to choose, but you choose peanut that make you suffer that the consequences of your choice. We all make those kind of choices, and sometime we wish not to make bad decision, yet we make them because it within human being. Making right decision also required valuing rubrics and scheming the consequences of our actions. Smedes defines responsible decisions as ones which are informed by Imagination, discernment, commitment, and accountability. Furthermore, In the chapters, he summaries an insufficient pathway to moral decision-making, including, inspiring individual’s intuition, prayer, and tradition. That where forgiveness come along, clemency is the freedom to make wrong `choices therefore choice of wrong in right is in human being