If asked the Pew research center question, “Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you can’t be too careful in dealing with people?” My response to the question would generally lead me to believe that typically most people are trustworthy under most circumstances, albeit with minor exceptions. I tend to take an optimistic point of view in life and therefore, give most people the benefit of the doubt before I render judgment on them with respect to trust. I genuinely believe that the average person has good intentions of being honest. Generally speaking, most people would like to be viewed as trustworthy, upstanding citizens who make the appropriate choice in difficult situations. The average reasonable person has a guilty …show more content…
People tend to respond in an acceptable manner to situations based on trust and are often guided by norms of society and what is or is not acceptable to reasonable people. For instance, a person’s moral conscious may surface during an episode when, as a shopper, they leave the store and unwittingly neglect to pay for a product that may not have been scanned by the checkout counter. The shopper will generally return the item to the store (depending on when it was initially discovered). Time and distance may also serve as factor. An instance of one’s guilty conscious working is when someone accidentally leaves the store with an item. Another common event occurs when the attendant at the checkout counter gives the shopper too much change back. The shopper will generally remind the attendant that they handed too much change and make the appropriate correction. During these instances, a person is placed in a contemplative situation and feels compelled to return the item or monetary change because the internal conscious is cognizant that reminds the person that it is only right to rectify the situation. Most people do not enjoy the constant reminder of the undesirable outcome being guilty and
Furthermore, criminal behaviour is learned, and when this behaviour is been taught, it entails techniques of committing the crime which at times can be complicated and other times quite simple; ' the specific direction of the motives, drives, rationalisation and attitudes.' (Newburn, 2013, pp. 394). Although this theory is rarely used when theorising white collar crime, it is nonetheless an important factor in many offending. For example, a study carried out by Geis of an electrical equipment company found that a lot of manufacture encouraged price fixing by their employee as a way of coping with market pressure. Geis pointed out that these activities was an established way of life where those that are involved learns attitudes and rationalisation that favour and support such misconduct. (Newburn, 2013). A second theory was given by Hirschi and Gottfredson, which is called the Self Control Theory. This theory focus on human nature and the significance of gratification. The central idea of this theory is that individuals peruse self interest and self gratification and the avoidance of pain. In regards to this theory crime is seen as a way in which individuals maximise pleasure and minimise pain. Furthermore, they argued that the differences that there are between those that chooses not to be involved in criminal activities and those that choose to
I feel that after anyone commits a crime, no matter the circumstances, guilt will eventually take over someone’s conscience and end up destroying one’s life if they do not confess or try to fix the situation. In the end, the person most always feels so guilty that they would rather be the person who was affected by the deed than the one who did it so that they wouldn’t feel so accountable.
has to be earned. I generally trust someone unless they do something that brings me harm.
My personal experience with guilt was the time when I cheated off a math quiz in elementary school. Eyes glaring across the table of the smartest girl in class, I started scribbling answers on the test. Catching her glance made me look away and not make it too noticeable. Realizing my deed and its effects encouraged me to look away from her test and pour out my own knowledge and effort. This relates to Gary Soto’s experience of stealing the pie while I nearly cheated on a math test. In contrast, my consciousness made me realize my evil ponderings and to control my nerves on not knowing the material.
Each person is in control of their actions in life. Although conscience may make each individuals actions seem honorable, the truth is they might be.
guilty conscience can be used as a positive or negative force in a person's life and
Throughout one’s life, many decisions are made that impact one’s future. These challenging decisions can also impact the people within their life. Someone can lose a loved one, breakup with their partner, or have someone walk away from their live with just a few simple words or actions. With some many difficult choices, remembering the monumental impact a decision can have allows one to make more knowledgeable decisions. In times of trial, morality depends on ethical and honorable decisions.
When one does wrong, the common reaction is to hide it and pretend as if nothing happened. Because of the human conscience it is difficult to completely forget about a wrongdoing. Through our conscience guilt is built up and eventually that guilt shatters enough
Guilt is a part of everyone’s life that will affect their future decisions and determine the way they live the rest of their lives.
Though the offender still believes that crime in general is wrong, they will justify or excuse their crime as necessary, morally correct or otherwise acceptable. Offenders might suggest that their crime was acceptable because they are not responsible (“Denial of Responsibility”), no harm occurred (Denial of Injury), the victim deserved to be victimized (“Denial of Victim”), the authorities have it out for them (Condemnation of the Condemners) or there is a higher good served by their actions (“Appeal to Higher Loyalties”). The offender in all of these cases recognizes that their actions were deviant, but argue that it was justified (Sykes and Matza , 2011). Under these theories, humans are considered to naturally want to commit crime, but generally believe that crime is wrong. When they do offend, they consider their offense to be justified exceptions to their belief in the wrongness of crime, the result of a lack of self-control or social bond.
the two cashier mistake scenarios before evaluating how ethical they considered the actor was in
Living in a world of political, economic, and social turmoil, we can never have the luxury of certainty. So as to say, one can never truly trust another, because we can’t look inside someone and see their true intent. If we could, however, look inside another, and we were able to see if that specific person would ultimately be someone we wouldn’t want to associate ourselves with, we would likely go to great lengths to avoid a relationship with said person. Bassist for renowned pop band The Beatles, Paul McCartney, best sums up this idea with a metaphorical quote, “If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarians.”
In a specific adaptation of the debitor-creditor relation that was discussed earlier, we owe our ancestors a debt of gratitude for making our society prosperous, at least to the extent that we continue to exist. The more prosperous the society in which an individual find himself, the more debt he find himself owing. It is this situation man is forced to suppress his natural instincts, particularly his will to power, in order to be a social animal reaping the benefits of society. This ironically is done for the sake of survival. “I regard the bad conscience as the serious illness that man was bound to contract under the stress of the most fundamental change he ever experienced—that change which occurred when he found himself finally enclosed within the walls of society and of peace... in this new world
Typically little children tend to behave this way but some adults use this type of moral thinking in their daily lives. Using this type of behavior is usually due to situations where the situation may be wrong but the action was provoked by the person 's definition of fair or the right thing to do no matter what. The question that may be asked while thinking in this manner may be, “What must I do to avoid pain, gain pleasure?”(“Kohlberg 's Stages of Moral Development”). In this stage, making a decision that leads to a positive outcome clearly shows increase in the hierarchy of moral development that can be seen in level 3!
According to Dettmer, Knackendoffel, & Thurston (2009), when we have trust, others are more likely to: