Kindness
Virtue is an excellent character trait that everyone should strive to develop. I believe that kindness
is a great example of virtue.
According to the
internet, kindness is a
behavior marked by ethical characteristics, a pleasant disposition, and
concern for others. However, I believe kindness is being friendly to others, helping
others out, and being considerate about others emotion. You should learn
kindness while you’re growing up, kindness is next to manners. It is essential to
your life. Kindness can go a very long way in life, it can never get too old.
Barbara argument:
All acts that not only benefit
you but also others, are virtuous.
All kind acts are acts
that not only benefit you but also others.
Therefore, all kind
acts are virtuous.
I believe that kindness
is a virtue because it is a great trait that all human beings should. You can
say hi to a stranger and the fact that you said hi to them could makes their
entire day or inspire them to make a new friend. Kindness doesn't have to be
only you saying hi to someone, it could be you helping someone that you see is
in need of help or comforting someone that isn't in the best of moods. You
could be kind to a stranger and the stranger could turn out to be the person
who is about to interview you for this new job, that alone could benefit you
towards getting the job. I read somewhere that kindness is an attribute of God
and quality desirable but not consistently found in humans, I agree with this statement
because even if we were brought up to be kind to one another one way or another
we seem to lose that lesson. God was
kind enough to die on the cross for our sins but yet we cannot stop caring only
about ourselves or our reputation and help someone in need of help. I found
this definition interesting because it is similar to the definition of virtue, because
it’s something that everyone should have but yet they do not. So I believe that
kindness is a virtue.
I respect and like how you define kindness, i like how you give example of kindness and some of those examples show how little thing likes saying hello to others are acts of kindness. But however i think you can talk more about how kindness and acts of kindness help society and how it directly affects people and how it makes them feel. But awesome job in giving your own thoughts on kindness and why and how you think its a virtue.
ReplyDeleteBarbara argument:
ReplyDeleteAll acts that make people happy are virtuous.
All kind acts make people happy.
Therefore, all kind acts are virtuous.
I agree with you on how kindness is next to manners, that it goes a long way in life and is important in the world. Being kind says a lot about you and you have to give kindness, along with other attributes of character, in order to receive it. It goes a long way in life because we need to learn how to be empathetic citizens. You never know what someone is going through and that is why you have to be the bigger person sometimes and just be kind. Also, you wouldn't know if you'll ever need that person or bump into them at another time. I think Jesus dying on the cross goes a long way from just kindness.
ReplyDeleteWe should all "Keep calm, and be Kind!"