Thoughtfulness
Virtues are examples of moral excellence.
Virtue can be defined as a positive trait that is deemed morally good in
society. Justice, wisdom, courage and honestly are all great examples of
virtue. They all exemplify the best and most positive and morally good acts in society.
Another act that is also both positive and morally good is the act of being thoughtful.
Thoughtfulness
can be defined as being constantly considerate of other’s needs. This trait is different
and set aside from other traits because of how being thoughtful is ‘constantly’
thinking about others and not self. ‘Constantly’ is the key word here. While many other traits do involving thinking
about others. Thoughtfulness is constantly, continuing over a period of time
not just once or twice, being considerate of others wants and needs. It is showing heed for the well-being or happiness
of others and an inclination for anticipating their needs or wishes. It
is a virtue because it is morally correct and a positive trait to
society, to not always think about self but constantly considering others feeling,
wants and needs. Today’s society is full of instant gratification and
selfishness, deeply and constantly thinking about others and not self is an important
virtue for it is so scarce. When we are constantly thinking about others we
become aware of their needs and can act accordingly. When we are
thoughtful we can build better and stronger relationships, negative traits like
selfishness and envy will become less and less prominent.
The Barbara Arguments states:
1 1. All acts of thinking about others well-being are
virtuous
2 2. All acts of thoughtfulness are acts of thinking
about others well-being
3 3. Therefore all acts of thoughtfulness are virtuous.
There is no denying that the era we live in is of selfies
and selfishness, people are so absorbed in their own space that they do not think
about others. Through this selfishness, negative traits such as envy, greed and
malice are developed. That is why people should develop the virtue of being thoughtful;
constantly being considerate of others will help to get rid
of the negative traits in society and it will foster positive traits like
kindness and helpfulness which will make the society we are living in a better
place.
I do agree that thoughtfulness is a good virtue to have to today's society. People should think of others before themselves. However, I do not understand how someone could be thoughtful all the time. I wish you would elaborated more on this idea. I think that we don't always have to be thoughtful all the time, that would take a lot of work and energy to do that. I would like to think of myself as a thoughtful person, but there is no way I can be thoughtful all the time. We can not live our lives by constantly trying to make others happy. We first need to make ourselves happy.
ReplyDeletei agree that the word "constantly" is apart of thoughtfulness because if you are not always considerate of other feelings then you are not consider yourself thoughtful. Yes, this society is not as appreciative as recent but I agree with Samantha G, we cannot allow ourselves to make others happy when we have not yet made ourselves happy. We as people, need to put our needs first in life then others. I love the argument you made for thoughtfulness, I believe people do need to think more before they do things and the only way to do that is, as you said, to get rid of the negativity in society.
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