Is it really hard to be good at all things at all times?

in morality •  7 years ago 

Just how hard is it to be good at all things at all times?

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Majority of us invest some energy through the span of our lives choosing how to react to the way that other individuals on earth unnecessarily starve to death. A large portion of us likewise invest some energy choosing which delightful foods we need to expend at home and in our most loved eateries. Which of these activities assimilates a greater amount of your time and material assets in a year?

In the event that you resemble the vast majority living in the developed world, such an examination won't suggest you for sainthood. Will the difference between our responsibility regarding satisfying our narrow minded wants and our sense of duty regarding easing the pointless wretchedness and death of millions be morally supported?

These disappointments of ethical consistency are regularly viewed as a strike against consequentialism. They shouldn't be. Whoever said that being really good, or even ethically predictable, must be simple?

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This is one of the ambiguities of human psychology, we frequently neglect to do what we apparently need to do and what is most in our self-interest. We frequently neglect to do what we most need to do or we neglect to do what we will most wish we had done. Simply think about the brave battles many individuals must persevere basically to stop smoking or lose weight.

The correct game-plan is by and large self-evident, in the event that you are smoking two packs of cigar daily or are 50lbs overweight, you are unquestionably not boosting your well-being.

Maybe this isn't so evident to you now, yet suppose you could effectively quit smoking or lose weight, what are the odds that you would lament this choice a year thus? Likely none. But then, on the off chance that you resemble a great many people, you will discover it exceptionally hard to roll out the basic behavioral improvements required to get what you need.

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A large portion of us are in this difficulty in moral terms. We realize that helping individuals who are starving is much more critical than a large portion of what we do. We likewise have presumably that doing what is most critical would give us more delight and passionate satisfaction than we get from the majority of what we do by method for looking for joy and enthusiastic satisfaction. In any case, this learning does not transform us.

Despite everything we need to do what we improve the situation joy more than we need to help the starving. We unequivocally trust that we would be more joyful on the off chance that we needed to help the starving more, and we have almost certainly that they would be more joyful on the off chance that we invested more energy and cash helping them, however these convictions are not adequate to transform us. We realize that we would be more joyful and the world would be a superior place in the event that we were diverse in these regards.

For all intents and purposes sure that we are neither as moral, nor as cheerful, as we could be. We definitely know these things, and we need to amplify satisfaction, however we are by and large not moved to do what we accept will make us more joyful than what we are presently.

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References:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2014/09/17/what-is-a-morally-good-person
http://www2.units.it/etica/2005_1/SPIELTHENNER.htm
https://blog.oup.com/2014/09/10-reasons-good-morality-happiness

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I am not perfect, but my neighbor friend may be. When my son receives an academic or sports accolade, she is the first to seek me out to congratulate me. You know the glue that binds Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King? Oprah said that “she is happier for me than I am when something great happens.” When she applied for a job as a school crossing guard, I wrote that “she is the mom, sister, and friend that everyone deserves.” Guess what? She got the job and she is always smiling for her 1 hour morning shift and her 1 hour afternoon shift. I thought that I received a special gift of a friend from Equador, but it turns out she inspires me to be a better person, so perhaps, she is a gift that keeps on giving?

You brought up some interesting points. I wonder what it is in us that does not prompt us to do what we know will make us more happy in the future, especially in situations where we are helping others.

I have a great financial privledge, due to the fact that I live in a first-world, western country. A small donation can undoubtedly help someone greater than the benefit I receive from keeping it; however, whenever I think of gains in finances, I rarely consider how it can help others.

I actually wrote about how The Less Free Will I Have, The Happier I am 🤔. I comment on how I basically have to be forced to do self-satisfying actions. You may find it interesting, I would love to hear your feedback!

Possibilities is that it could be a conflict of its values.