...Wisdom And Action Emily Andrade Paulina Cary HSM 230 7/25/ 2012 Ethical Wisdom And Action Questions and Applications on pp. 172-173 of Ethical Leadership in Human Services Post a 200- to 300-word response to questions 1-3 of the Questions and Applications section on pp. 172-173 of Ethical Leadership in Human Services. For question 1, be sure to support your decision by addressing at least 5 of the bulleted questions listed on p. 173 1. Analyze the following ethical dilemma from the perspective of rationality and respect (Dilemma Tucker & Marcuson, 1998). A local nonprofit organization that networks with other service agencies in the area was designed to fill gaps in needed services for families. This agency has been in existence for several years and has gained the respect of the community. The staff of this agency can serve families who have a need that can- not be served in any other way through connecting these families with community volunteers who adopt them. The volunteer director of the agency works on a volunteer basis and contributes numerous hours each week to fulfill responsibilities associated with this position. To reduce her workload, the director of the agency applied to seven different foundations to request money for a part-time administrative assistant. The agency requested $10,000 from each of the foundations, with the hope that they would receive assistance from one of them. To the surprise of the director...
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...Wisdom and Action Scenario The known facts are that the organization needs $10,000 in order to hire a part-time administrative assistant. The director of the agency applied to seven different foundations for $10,000 hoping that one of them would give the assistance that was needed. Three of the foundations accepted the proposal which left the director with $30,000 which was 20,000 more than was needed. Each of the foundations granting the money had different requirements had different requirements on the use of the money. Two of the foundations required that the money be used for what it was intended. Everyone that has anything to do with the organization is the stake holders such as the agency, granters, director, workers, and the clients that are served. Being truthful with the foundations could open up more doors for the organization. Let the foundations know what has happened and ask a couple of them if the money could be used in another part of the organization or if they would want their money refunded. Many foundations like that will let the funds be used in another part of the organization. You do not know if you can use it elsewhere if you do not find out the facts. It is your moral duty to let the foundations know what has happened. By doing this the organization will not end up with a black mark against it. One of the forces to be considered would be the law and running the organization within it. Trust is a valuable asset to many organizations. When lost it...
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...“Not everything that is learned is contained in books.” Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why? As the world is globalizing, we see many changes around us. The knowledge we learned once from books, is now more important to experience. However the question that strikes every mind today is which source is more important? Gaining knowledge from experience or from books? People may have different opinions. Admittedly, both have advantages and they are important. We can’t reject the fact that ‘Not everything that is learned is contained in books. “If we say that we are trying to learn how to swim, we can’t learn the whole things specifically without experiences. This tells us how important experiences are. But as far as I am concerned, gained knowledge from books is more important due to many reasons. Firstly, gaining knowledge from books is more important is because we can’t experience everything in the world. There are lots of things that we learn through our life and we can’t learn them all by experiencing. Nevertheless, if we find particular books that include the information we are looking for, it will help us understand better. For instance, how could possibly we learn about forefathers without books? How could we also learn about the history of our countries? Obviously, it is impossible to learn these things by experiences. Thus, gaining knowledge from...
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...Imagine an elderly person with glasses perched on their nose, rocking in an old chair on their front porch. Generally, in stories this person helps guide the main character to make the right decision. Although this is stereotypical and conventional wisdom, does a person automatically assume that they have all the answers in life? Or do you think that the person who learns from work experience does? Or the person who has the highest degree? In Webster's Dictionary it states that wisdom is accumulated philosophical or scientific learning: knowledge. So, does the person with the highest degree, skilled trades career, or someone who has experienced through age truly have wisdom? Let’s start with college education. By 2020 65% of all jobs will...
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...The Three Most Important Virtues It is difficult to limit what virtues one should possess, but when I think about what I look for in my role models, my colleagues, and in my friends I can pin point three virtues that I find to be most imperative. These virtues include honesty, reliability, and wisdom. I find these virtues to be important in all aspects of life; when we are growing up and look to our parents and other role models to shape ourselves, when we are building friendships and relationships, and when we are conducting business. Growing up/ Role Models It is important that our parents, teachers, and other role models hold these virtues. We need them to be honest in telling us what is right and wrong and what the real consequences of our actions are. We need them to be honest about what is happening in the environment around us, so that we can be knowledgeable. We need them to teach us that honesty gets us further in life. We quickly learn that in the short term lying can get us out of trouble or get us what we want. It can even make it easier to make someone else happy or comfortable in certain situations. But by being honest we build trust which is important for strong relationships, and with honesty comes less stress. When you begin to tell lies you create this alternate reality, which depending on how many lies are told and the extent of your lies, can become difficult for you to remember. This in turn can cause you to make up new lies to save your old lies and...
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...To evaluate wisdom, people use a myriad of different metrics depending on the context of the measurement. Yet, of all the possible measurements of wisdom, one that categorically does NOT provide an accurate measurement is the degree to which the wise person is happy. History is filled with heroic figures who have sacrificed their very lives in a quest to add their measure of wisdom to the world. One of the most notable figures in this category was Martin Luther King, Jr. So too, literature is filled with numerous examples of tragically unhappy characters who nonetheless have achieved a state of deep inner wisdom. What all of these people have in common is the experience of suffering that led to great personal wisdom. One such archetype is...
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...that will be used throughout the essay as sources are: Beowulf translated by Michael Swanton, The Wife of Bath’s Tale and the author is Geoffrey Chaucer, and The Tempest which is a product of William Shakespeare. Characters from the chosen texts demonstrate their perception of knowledge and wisdom based on the significance of superficial existence. People’s assumed power and privilege promote certain actions they could partake in when trying to fulfill personal desires. Acts of knowledge can be either appropriate or inappropriate gestures. It is difficult to distinguish right from wrong deeds the overall circumstances has to be examined and the answer lies in the outcome of the decision when wisdom was applied. There is good and evil in everyone, selfless or self-centered choices formulate one’s character and the observed perception others have. The texts educate the reader that karma usually constructs challenges or rewards depending on if your knowledge was practiced in a selfish or beneficial method. Confirmation and rationality supports what institutes positive and negative knowledge. Every journey in life requires the application of prior knowledge and the assurance to accept wisdom presented throughout a quest. Those who are true to themselves and others always flourish; however, those who are narcissistic plummet in the long run. The Wife of Bath’s...
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...I was so mortified when she walked toward me and told me to stand up. She asked me what dignity and respect meant to me. To me dignity and respect is having values for yourself. At that moment I would never think that I would be brave enough to talk or think of any of her questions around all those people, but I guess when you are standing with her anyone can be brave to think or talk and that how her powerful wisdom is over people. Susan Russell was awesome; I never met or seen anyone who spoke with such wisdoms, and everyone in the room gave her all their attention. Dignity is more of action than just words. According to Susan Russell “In order for an audience to know what dignity is, a playwright must find its action. Dignity must have a do.” I agree with her theory because it is easy to talk than actually doing something. When you have values, you have your own believes and views of the world. People with dignity do not let people influence their decision. They don’t let anything get in their way once they want to achieve something. Russell said “current playwrights don’t get a lot of time or a lot of words because attention distances are getting shorter and audiences are becoming less likely to listen. Teachers are sort of like playwrights. They are expected to deliver information and create critical engagements in a listening environment that is shrinking in from all sides. Technology is education’s friend, but technology shrinks language to fit the speed and ease of...
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...What is Wisdom? Philosophy Human Nature Jaleesa Scott March 19, 2014 Wisdom What exactly is wisdom? Wisdom is not so easy to define in abstract. Wisdom is good judgment, pure confidence, and knowledge. Wisdom can be defined in several ways and each definition is based on the person or source. Searching into these sources I have come to the dictionaries version, Biblical Version, Philosophical Version, and then Socrates Version. The dictionary defines wisdom as the quality or state of being wise; the knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight. Wisdom is not “knowing everything”, but it is opening your mind to increase knowledge. A wise person should be known for thinking before they speak on any subject they know about, also they allow themselves to ask questions about the ones he/she are unfamiliar with. People who are wise tend to be humble and not show-offs. Wisdom by the dictionaries version starts by saying that it is just a state of being wise that makes wisdom an option or a choice with no real obstacles. It simplifies wisdom into having knowledge of right or wrong and if a person is unsure should seek the information instead of moving forward blindly. The characteristics of a wise person by dictionary terms or standards are facts, experience, and knowing people. A wise person should be known to be knowledgeable which allows them to obtain facts that are needed. The facts may have been recorded...
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...Hebrew wisdom teaches that a wise man is one that is diligent with his work and a person that is lazy is a fool. One could say the primary source for Hebrew wisdom is form the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament written by a man who received wisdom from God, King Solomon (2 Chronicles 1:10). There are many themes covered throughout the book of Proverbs, however some of the most prevailing themes are that of wisdom and folly. “The book of Proverbs consistently presents the sluggard as a fool and the diligent person as wise” (Hindson, 2012). The teachings throughout the book of Proverbs show how diligence and laziness correspond with the contrast between wisdom and folly. If a person were to read the book of Proverbs they would not just understand that it is wise to be diligent but also see the rewards promised to them. King Solomon writes that, “ . . . the person in diligence is richly supplied” (Proverbs 13:4), “The plans of the diligent only lead to abundance . . .”(Proverbs 21:5), and “the hand of the diligent enriches.” (Pr. 10:4) (Frank, 2013). Through Solomon God has revealed the blessings that befall a diligent man and shows that he would rather a man be working than not. Being a diligent person will not only yield us fruit in the way of financial blessings but also in other areas of our lives. If we are diligent about the work Christ has left for us in Matthew 28, the great commission, we will be blessed as soul winners. A diligent man is not the only thing...
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...Proverbs give short and understandable advice about how we should live our lives. Sometimes two proverbs can be contradictory but also gives good advice. While the first quote (“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise”) suggests a life that is calm, regular, and controlled, the second proverb (“Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may die”) suggests a so called “YOLO”, you only live once, approach to life. The first proverb, “Eat drink and be merry” comes from the Bible. The passage tells us that enjoyment of life is a critical part of life. Because we never will know when "the reaper" will come for us, one way to celebrate is to enjoy the pleasures of life. Life is made for enjoyment, and we must remember to appreciate what we have. The second proverb (“Early to bed”) comes from Ben Franklin. He was a scientist, and a writer. All of these had to be done in the pre-industrial society. That is why he always had to get an early start in the day, and pack each day full of virtuous work. He preferred to give up short-term gratification in favor of longer-term goals. "Early to bed" means to plan ahead. The reason to go to bed early is because the person is thinking about the next day. The difference between these two proverbs might be how one thinks their life will play out. If someone expects to live a long life, then it would make sense to plan ahead. Many people already do that. They work hard, advance in their careers, save for retirement,...
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...Liberti Todd BIBLE 105 September 28, 2014 Diligence and Laziness vs. Wisdom and Folly The believer is called to live a life that is above reproach. While that does not mean the believer will never stumble it does mean that the believer is to live life wisely. There should always be a difference between the lifestyle of a Christ follower and an unbeliever; the life of someone that has been transformed is not common but carful and consistent with their change. Evidence of thought plus attention to certain actions are what help the believer to stand out in the world, there is a call to diligence and wisdom as opposed to living life lazy and imprudent. Although there are similarities between diligence and wisdom, laziness and folly, there are differences as well; observing scripture and context each will be addressed in this essay. Solomon, the wisest man in the bible, was the author of the book of Proverbs. The book goes into great detail about the difference in outcome for the diligent and wise man compared to the lazy and foolish man. It is imperative for every believer to read and study the book of Proverbs in depth to understand the sayings and to be able to apply it to their lives. Interesting enough the Hebrew teaching on diligence show the blessings of the Lord flowing on those that to choose to obey; blessings do not just flow on the believer but also the unbeliever as well. The dictionary definition of the word diligence is “constant and earnest effort to accomplish...
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...PHILMAN PRELIM Lesson 3: Greek Wisdom of Man The Greek Triumvirate The Greek Triumvirate of philosophy is known for having a chain of teacher-student relationship. Socrates was the teacher of Plato; Plato was the teacher of Aristotle; and Aristotle was the teacher of one of history’s greatest conqueror – Alexander, the Great. The Greek Triumvirate & the Three Oriental Sages * Although the teachings of the Three Oriental Sages and the Greek Triumvirate are dissimilar, they however, have a resembling view on the soul of man. * The Oriental sages and the Greek triumvirate believed that man’s soul pre-existed his body. * The Greek triumvirate believes that man, in his original and ideal existence as a soul or a « pure mind », knew all things by direct intuition and had all knowledge stored in his mind. However, when man was banished into his world of sense, man blurred out and forgot almost everything he ever knew. * The Greek triumvirate posited that the present problems of man was caused by ignorance or lack of knowledge and that the only way for man to solve these problems is by recalling all his previous knowledge. * However, while they believe in the vitalityt of looking into one’s self as a method to resolve man’s problem, there are still major differences when it comes to the ‘specifics’ of their ideologies. Socrates * He was born in Athens circa 469 B.C. and died in 399 B.C. * He is known as one of mankind’s greatest teachers. ...
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...“Wise Old Woman” By Yoshiko Uchida Characters: * Young lord (of village) * Grandmother * Young villager * Lord Higa * Wise Old Men Setting: * The setting is In the Mountain and in the Village in the western hill of Japan Conflict: * Elders being exiled to the mountains to die at the age of 71 * Mother of young villager needs to make a decision about his mother * Lord Higa threatens the village * Many long years ago, there was a cruel ruler who thought old peoples should be banished and should not be lived. So he make a low that is anyone who is over seventy-one must be banished from the village and left in the mountain. The ruler was strict and gives harsh punishment anyone who disobeys him so no one disobeyed him. Except for one. The young man didn't let his mother die in the mountain. He kept his mom secretly. But unfortunately, another ruler went to their village to conquer. Another ruler was also cruel so before he conquers them, he gave villagers three hard tasks. So the villagers thought each other to find the answer but they couldn't. Finally, the young farmer asked to his old mother. Every time he asks, his mother gave him a right answer. So because of the young farmer's old and wise mother, the villagers could be existed and not be conquered from others. In the end, the evil ruler of the village realizes the need for older people and noticed older people are wise and have more experiments then any others. Finally...
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...Wisdom is a personality possession that one gains over a lifetime of experience. It is a possession that is bestowed upon a person, rather than one that the person recognizes on his or her own. Wisdom incorporates many other traits, but the requirement that it is recognized by people other than the ones possessing it set wisdom apart from other personality traits. Wisdom is a compilation of a life's experience marked by humility, kairos, and unselfishness. Wisdom is an idea that is often confused with or improperly attributed to old age. Not all old people are wise, though many are. Conversely, not all wise people are old. One often hears the phrase "wise beyond years" in reference to a young person who displays the traits of wisdom. However, true wisdom is a result of strong life experiences. Naturally, older folks have had more experiences from which to draw wisdom, so it is easy to limit wisdom to old people. But, the key to wisdom is the strength of the experience. A young person may have an extraordinary experience which teaches him or her a powerful lesson. Lessons of this type often transform into wisdom. Experience is just one of the major ingredients of wisdom; humility is also a requirement. Because wisdom is bestowed upon a person by virtue of others’ recognition, humility must be a possession of the wise person. To claim wisdom for oneself is foolishness. Humility is characterized by a person’s unwillingness to be the center of attention or by a person’s quickness...
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