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Is doing the right thing overrated or not a good idea?
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:36 pm
Like for example what would life be like if we really told the truth every single day of our lives and say what really happened or how we really feel? This is rhetorical of course.
Discuss.
Discuss.
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Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:37 pm to Sentrius
I only regret my good decisions.
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:37 pm to Sentrius
very overrated
I'm bout mines
I'm bout mines
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:39 pm to Sentrius
people would say you have a bad attitude.
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:40 pm to Sentrius
I really think that is a saying for past generations. You ever told a cop the truth nothing good comes from it. Turning in that bag of cash you found for a 50.00 reward. Saving someone from drowning and then getting sued for helping out. You see what I am saying here.
This post was edited on 2/16/14 at 9:47 pm
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:40 pm to fr33manator
quote:
I only regret my good decisions.
Go on.
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:40 pm to Sentrius
There's a short story about that called True Thomas. After a police officer criticizes a barrister for getting a guilty client acquitted, she bets him that he can't go for 24 hours without telling a lie.
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:41 pm to Sentrius
I always tell the truth. Or say nothing at all.
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:42 pm to Sentrius
"Doing the right thing" has consistently fricked me over and over again, and I'm sure it will continue to.
I guess somewhere down the line somebody will be talking about me and say "he always did the right thing"
I guess somewhere down the line somebody will be talking about me and say "he always did the right thing"
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:45 pm to Sentrius
Being brutally honest with your opinions is not necessarily ethically right.
Putting forth the effort to do the right thing really determines your integrity and character. So yes I would say it is worth it. (Although I'm not saying that I always live up to my own ideals.)
Putting forth the effort to do the right thing really determines your integrity and character. So yes I would say it is worth it. (Although I'm not saying that I always live up to my own ideals.)
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:46 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:
"Doing the right thing" has consistently fricked me over and over again, and I'm sure it will continue to.
Really? I would say I have had exactly the opposite experience.
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:50 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:
"Doing the right thing" has consistently fricked me over and over again, and I'm sure it will continue to.
i totally agree. whenever there is a big moment and i know i make the right choice and it turns out like shite
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:50 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:
"Doing the right thing"
There's also a saying that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
Sometimes you have to decide for yourself why you're "doing the right thing." Because doing the right thing doesn't lead to recognition as often as it should.
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:51 pm to gorillacoco
At face value I'd say so. I'm young though. And it bit me in the arse pretty hard today so I may be a little off-base today
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:52 pm to Sentrius
there's a difference between doing the right thing and doing what is considerate of others.
never compromise your own ethics, whatever they may be
never compromise your own ethics, whatever they may be
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:54 pm to Sentrius
The things I did because they were "What you're supposed to do". The things that were expected of you, the safe bet, the parson's gamble...those are the choices I wish I wouldn't have made.
If I could do it all again,
I'd throw caution to the wind,
reclaim a misspent youth,
and take the chance I didn't then,
I'd leave it all behind,
The safety that was mine,
cut every single mooring,
sever every tie that binds,
Set off from my homeland,
dig toes in foreign sand,
for if I'd e'er return,
It would be as a better man,
But time once spent is gone,
One chance to see each dawn,
The safe path's not the one,
An old soul though that he'd be on.
If I could do it all again,
I'd throw caution to the wind,
reclaim a misspent youth,
and take the chance I didn't then,
I'd leave it all behind,
The safety that was mine,
cut every single mooring,
sever every tie that binds,
Set off from my homeland,
dig toes in foreign sand,
for if I'd e'er return,
It would be as a better man,
But time once spent is gone,
One chance to see each dawn,
The safe path's not the one,
An old soul though that he'd be on.
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:54 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
Seems like this made since for our parents and grandparents. The values and morals back then were respected and upheld within our country now we got freeloaders and lazy asses that do nothing and do just fine in this once great country. Damn shame
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:56 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
that's fricked up.
I try to do the right thing, and in times I should have gotten screwed, I usually get lucky.
Like good karma I suppose
I try to do the right thing, and in times I should have gotten screwed, I usually get lucky.
Like good karma I suppose
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:57 pm to Sentrius
I'd say that doing the right thing when nobody's watching, there's nothing to personally gain, and perhaps something to personally lose is quite rare indeed. I think it goes on, but it's because of a personal committment rather than human recognition almost always backed up in real faith alone.
Posted on 2/16/14 at 9:58 pm to jimbeam
i just think that a lot of times when you do "the right thing," you end up looking like an a-hole because other people see things differently. i cant think of any examples 
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