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Good and Honorable Actions - Essay

Good and Honorable Actions

1. A person decides to open a new shop in the mall. He or she must decide how much to charge for the items they sell. Instead of marking the goods up by an unnecessary margin, the store owner decides to keep the prices reasonable. This way, more people can afford their wares. This is a good decision based on that which is truly honorable, not on personal financial gain.
2. A married woman meets a good-looking man at a bar while on vacation. She knows that she can't get caught if she decided to cheat on her husband because she doesn't know anyone here. However, she decides to act based on her firm moral ground rules, not simply on what is useful (personal pleasure) in that moment.
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Therefore, ultimately that which is truly honorable is truly useful and vice-versa.
4. A used car salesman needs to meet his quota for the day or else he will get a demerit from the company and risk losing his job. His sales record has been poor lately. A customer walks into the showroom and the salesman approaches him. The customer wants to buy a car and tells the salesman what he is looking for. The salesman knows that he can easily talk the man into buying a more expensive model or adding on extras. However, seeing that the customer has a family and is not a rich man, the salesman settles for a smaller sale. His action was right because it didn't cause harm to another human being.
5. A man is in a hurry to buy his groceries because he is running late for a dinner party. The line is moving very slowly. Just as he is about to go pay he notices a feeble old lady holding a carton of eggs. She is trembling and can barely stand up without the support of her walker. In spite of being ...

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Added: 4/16/2016 06:05:25 AM
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