我也来一篇同样题目的 大家接着批呀 We all are endowed with the right to decide what to do and what not to do, and it is an ideal condition that everybody gains the power of doing whatever we like to do. Unfortunately, however, no one, except the God in our imagines, possesses such power. Let us get down to fundamentals and agree that all of us are after all ordinary human beings----people who sometimes have to adjust their behaviors and thoughts to accommodate to circumstances. It is common in our daily lives that people have to do what they do not enjoy doing mainly for their own personal needs or benefits. Here are some examples. An undergraduate student, although used to wearing jeans and sneakers, has to be dressed very formally when attending a job interview with a company. An unsociable employee, with the goal of winning an election campaign for senior manager, has to be involved in more social affairs and more intercommunication to obtain enough supports from colleagues. Even celebrities, as very well known as they are, are often confronted with such similar situations. Van Gogh the famous Dutch artist, for instance, has to sacrifice many his own beloved paintings for food, lodging and clothing to sustain his bare livelihood, when he was very poor. In many other cases, people may force themselves to do something for interests of other persons or society. Despite the claim that human beings are innately self-centered, all of us are social creatures, the morality of which is far more consistent and far less conditional than that of other kinds of creatures. Human beings may, through sensitivity or reasoning, judge a situation objectively, even when that situation impinges on self-interest. In this respect, people sometimes constrain inner self-interest drives and, with the empathy with the needs of others, rationally do something that they do not enjoy doing. Here is an example to the point. A doctor, as usually honest as he is, has to tell a lie to a dying patient that he will recovery in the near future, for the fear of damaging the patient’s confidence and making his sickness more severely. From what we have discussed above, we can safely reach the conclusion that although people want to act upon their own natural feelings and self-centered drives, people should sometimes do what they do not like to do, not only for the consideration of their own benefits but also for the good of others or society. |