My Ethical Role Model: Jesus Christ

1. The person that I will choose as my ethical role model is Jesus Christ. Now when I say this, I do not refer to Jesus as a living person. I believe this to be a fictitious character that was brought about to give those in society a model to look up to. This has been perpetuated over the years as well. We have almost all been exposed in North America to the presence of what we have been told is a God like character and the “greatness” that comes from him. The reality is that there were many “great” things written that he had supposedly done.

One ethical understanding that I have attempted to attain from reading of him is helping those in need. Throughout the Bible, there were multiple people who would follow this man around in hopes that

I began educating myself on things that I should have learned in earlier years. Then reality began to set in. I had a few friends who tried to kill themselves and a few others who had succeeded in doing so. While watching this unravel, I saw a huge part of myself in them. I saw that those who were friends of mine, wanted love just like I did. I knew nothing but how to fend for myself. Then next thing I know, I was trying to keep friends of mine alive. This was not for my own benefit either. This was simply because I could relate to the loneliness that these kids were feeling. As the years went on I began to recognize the importance of people and their emotions. I never had that person to talk to and I would never wish what I went through on anyone. With that I had learned to understand peoples pain and attempt to acknowledge it even if I don’t understand. This has led me to present day where my only goal is to build everyone up that I meet. My ethical goal has developed into a love for everyone and a desire to do no harm.

3. In making ethical decisions, I always attempt to find something that brings forward progress. This is guided by the people that I am with and the problem that lies