"In the Beginning there was Man and what followed was Chaos" history shows strong evidences that man has always been responsible of his own demise, often because the morals or the Ideals that govern him are irrational. Most of the people are under the false impression that the code by which they lead their lives are rational thoughts whereas logical thoughts have almost no connection to the deeply embedded values in a person.
The way a person leads his life depends on the values that govern him, values that are embedded in him since his childhood. But do these morals actually bear the test of times; we can never know the strength of our moral fiber until it is been severely tested and when a person is made to suffer it is there that one can actually find the moral values which are his code of life. Thus values are not decided by a rational choice but by the experiences that forms these values.
There are many instances where men have actually gone against the rational belief set, men who in other situations would have acted in a completely different manner for example In Europe During the Dark ages when church was all powerful.It was during this point in Europe's history when the preachers of God and peace were committing crimes that were against the teachings of God, these crimes were being committed under the name of religion. The church had completely seized the right to freedom of thinking and any radical thinker was either ostracized from the society or was convicted and imprisoned for life like Galileo, Joan of arc etc. Another example would be Gujarat Riots in which innocents were massacred. Moral values, integrity of character were completely overshadowed by the mob mentality.
On the other hand there are people who in the severest of condition have stood tall, firm and confident because their values were iron willed. To quote " Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit, we become just by doing just acts and brave by doing brave acts"
Now looking at the other facet of the Issue that the values that are instilled in a man during his childhood are completely rational, those values are logically cohesive. Values such as truthfulness, hard work, perseverance to name a few are the basic building block of character. These values are the bare essentials that are required by any person to establish his own code of conduct, the code by which he leads his life.
To conclude I would like to quote "you can not teach a man anything you can only help him to discover it in himself" thus Experiencing life and learning from those experiences is what building moral fiber is all about and in the end I would like to say that
Values define who we were, who we are and who we will be....
The way a person leads his life depends on the values that govern him, values that are embedded in him since his childhood. But do these morals actually bear the test of times; we can never know the strength of our moral fiber until it is been severely tested and when a person is made to suffer it is there that one can actually find the moral values which are his code of life. Thus values are not decided by a rational choice but by the experiences that forms these values.
There are many instances where men have actually gone against the rational belief set, men who in other situations would have acted in a completely different manner for example In Europe During the Dark ages when church was all powerful.It was during this point in Europe's history when the preachers of God and peace were committing crimes that were against the teachings of God, these crimes were being committed under the name of religion. The church had completely seized the right to freedom of thinking and any radical thinker was either ostracized from the society or was convicted and imprisoned for life like Galileo, Joan of arc etc. Another example would be Gujarat Riots in which innocents were massacred. Moral values, integrity of character were completely overshadowed by the mob mentality.
On the other hand there are people who in the severest of condition have stood tall, firm and confident because their values were iron willed. To quote " Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit, we become just by doing just acts and brave by doing brave acts"
Now looking at the other facet of the Issue that the values that are instilled in a man during his childhood are completely rational, those values are logically cohesive. Values such as truthfulness, hard work, perseverance to name a few are the basic building block of character. These values are the bare essentials that are required by any person to establish his own code of conduct, the code by which he leads his life.
To conclude I would like to quote "you can not teach a man anything you can only help him to discover it in himself" thus Experiencing life and learning from those experiences is what building moral fiber is all about and in the end I would like to say that
Values define who we were, who we are and who we will be....
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