Is conscience a more powerful motivator than money, fame, or power?
The love of material things is considered the root of all evil. Money, as well as desire for fame and power, are powerful motivators that drive people through certain shortcuts called decisions. Every day, people drive through this shortcuts, big and small.
Understanding how people arrive at their choices is a field of cognitive psychology. Theories have been tested to explain how people get influenced while making decisions in the present and future. Heuristics1 have been researched to understand the decision making process.
The powerful inner voice that urges one to do the right thing might not be mighty enough to deflect people from their natural desire for self-advancement.
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When Daisy accidentally runs over Myrtle Wilson she does not take responsibilities for her actions.
Instead, in order to preserve her reputation and fame, Daisy allows Gatsby to say that it was his fault. Daisy is inevitably distressed because of her fault in Myrtle's death, but her desire to maintain her money and social standing overrule the cries of her
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There are many instances of insider trading that have taken place in the U.S. stock exchange. The Federal Reserve and The Federal Government have clearly stated that insider trading undermines the law and is illegal, but individuals insider trade anyway.
Politicians many times have been found guilty of corruption. They use unethical techniques to get higher positions in an election, to gain more money, votes or to lay hands on ungotten wealth. Corruption exists in the police force, in law and order and even in the management of the Olympic Games.
People's conscience speak that their actions are immoral, but the call of money and power can blind people from the righteous act to pursue.
Literature, history, and experiences in daily life all illustrate the unfortunate reality that money, fame and power have more control than people’s consciences. Even though most people realize that some of their actions are wrong, the glistening thought of self-advancement can cloud judgement and silence the whisper of the conscience. Money fame and power only provide temporary satisfaction, more than likely, bring more pain than
George thought Gatsby was driving the car, which partly provoked the murder. Even if George didn't kill Gatsby, Daisy's behavior still would have left. Gatsby in trouble with the police. Daisy's immorality in the period after. hit Myrtle lead to Gatsby's death. & nbsp; A final person who can be morally blamed for Gatsby's death is George. George's immoral action was him killing Gatsby, inferred by the lines, "The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheim's proteges - heard the shots." (p.162) George was morally responsible for no reason other than for pulling the trigger. Even though he was victimized by the immorality.
The cause of how people have chosen evil has been a conceptual issue for thousands of years on many different perspectives. People from a religious point of view believe that the underlining cause of evil is sin and temptation. Half of the time humans can choose good over evil in situations based off the legal system and the moral standards of society. "The interest of work in the common would not hold it together, instinctual ...
It is often said that money is the root of all evil. The Robber Barons of the late 19th century proved this theory without fail. They showed that greed can overtake morals if the conditions are right. It
There were many reasons why Daisy would want to kill Myrtle. There were many nights that Myrtle would call the house to talk to Tom, “
Gatsby is portrayed as a good person once again when he taked the blame of Daisy running over Myrtle. Later on Gatsby tells Nick that he intended to take the blame for Daisy even though daisy was driving the car. SInce Gatsby took the blame of Myrtle's death he sacrificed his own death for
The picture is trying to prove F. Scott Fitzgerald discontent for the moral decay that occurred in the 1920s by the face with the appearance of wealth, the colorful, inviting, and bright city, and the variety of colors used throughout the picture.
Daisy knows that there is another woman, but she doesn’t say anything about it. I think daisy knows more than she leads you to believe. She loves to act like a naive, beautiful little girl in order to keep her life as uncomplicated as possible. Myrtle is ignorant and when she is with Tom and higher class she acts as though she knows what she is talking about but she really doesn’t know much. This shows that both of these women are ignorant fools who secretly wish their lives were different.
As you read on, Daisy’s true character is slowly revealed, and you come to achieve that she is a very careless person. She seems to never care about the consequences of her actions, and this is proven when she is driving home from the city, and hits Myrtle with Gatsby’s car. Unlike most other people, she didn’t even hesitate and just drove home, without a care in the world about what she had done. One of Nick Caraway’s final assessments of Daisy after the accident is that she is very careless. He even says; “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back to their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made”. (Fitzgerald 187) This quote is proof that people i...
Known as a period of political scandal, many politicians engaged in bribes, lies, and abuse of power to further a political, social, and often personal agenda. The typical corrupt leader "will sell his vote for a dollar [...] turns with indifference from the voice of honesty and reason [...] his unalienable right may be valuable to him for the bribe he gets out of it" (166). Such politicians are an injustice to society because as they are elected by the people, they must act towards the betterment of the people, rather than for themselves. Furthermore, those who elect this politician to office merely underestimate their political and social responsibility because they "want the feeling that their own interests are connected with those of the community, and in the weakness or absence of moral and political duty" (167). Thus, under the control of the ruthless politician and the reckless voter, the true essence of democracy is
After a traumatic, horrible event takes place, there are often further issues as to who will take the blame for it or who will sacrifice themselves for the blame. After an automobile hits and kills Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby, her husband George is ravenous in his attempts to find her murderer. Although it is clear that Daisy Buchanan drove the car that killed Myrtle, George shoots Gatsby due to the fact that Tom Buchanan leads him into thinking Gatsby is the driver. When Nick Carraway confronts Tom about this, Tom nonchalantly replies, “I told [George] the truth,” (Fitzgerald, 2000) indicating full well that he knew George would get rid of Gatsby. Instead of taking responsibility for the calamity and saving Gatsby (whom Daisy supposedly “loves”), Tom and Daisy act out of self-interest and “retreat back into their money… and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” (Fitzgerald, 2000.) On the o...
Their choices led to the death of Myrtle, Gatsby and Wilson. Myrtle wouldn 't have died if Tom didn 't cheat on Daisy. Tom 's choice to stray from his wife caused Myrtle to run out into the road because she thought Jordan was Tom 's wife so she ran to stop the car. The car was actually being driven by Daisy who was accompanied by Gatsby. This accident also put Daisy at fault because if she hadn’t of cheated as well, her and Tom never would have had the argument about her love for Gatsby. This would have prevented the accident altogether. Tom was also at fault for telling Wilson who the owner of the car was which was Gatsby. Although Gatsby wasn 't the one driving, he ended up with the blame for it. Wilson wasn 't in the right mindset and went to Gatsby 's house and shot him. Gatsby was found floating in the pool on an air mattress looking up at the sky. Wilson was found not too far away on the grass. All of these deaths were a result of Tom and Daisy not thinking through the choices they made, knowing that they had their money to fall back on if anything were to ever go
The perpetrator can move on. Whereas, distributing the shock throughout different times could lead to the memories of the kill to remain tinted in the murderer’s mind. Daisy “taking it pretty well” indicates that she had little remorse after killing Myrtle, especially since the woman was Tom’s mistress. Unlike Tom and Nick, Daisy was not as devastated over Myrtle’s death. Compared to the bubbly and charming Daisy, this Daisy is cold, who is not the girl Gatsby loves. Furthermore, Gatsby is more concerned about Daisy’s feelings rather than the fact that a woman has just been killed. He is so obsessed with Daisy that Myrtle’s death is insignificant to him. In Gatsby’s pursuit of Daisy, he has sacrificed his morals for a girl who does not love him back. The questions that Gatsby asked of Nick were out of confirmation: Were the things he told Daisy correct? He asking as if he is oblivious to the things that just happened. When Gatsby asserts, “I thought so; I told Daisy I thought so,” it is as if he has been waiting to hear that Myrtle has died. He is no better than Daisy because even after killing a woman, all he cares about is Daisy and is just standing
Tom, Daisy, and Myrtle were all unfaithful to their spouses. Their love for themselves far outweighed their love for each other. Tom and Myrtle have a notorious affair throughout the novel while Daisy becomes very close to her ex- beloved, Jay Gatsby. Even with their new lovers, none of them displayed true love. Each wanted something from the other.
Most self respecting people have ethics and morals they try to abide by. They create standards that they live life by and construct their own philosophy with. In the novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, morals and ethics are a scarce practice. Jay Gatsby lives his life by the over bearing morals and values of devotion, corruption, and his will to control.
Myrtle is, as Daisy, impressed with Tom's wealth and appearance, but, like Jay Gatsby, is stuck in a fantastic, idealized perception of her object of affection. Even when abused and trampled over by Tom, Myrtle continues to adore him, just as Gatsby continues to dote upon Daisy after being obviously rejected by her. As far as ethical considerations, Gatsby tends to prove himself a sincere and caring person, while Daisy and Tom just destroy the lives of two people and then leave town to escape the consequences of their actions.