Reflection Paper 1
“Should I Asked for Money from a Stranger?”
I was in the bus stop to went home and do not have any money for bus fare at the time. Even is not a serious money and I am only asked for 30 Peso for bus fare, I was uncomforted and embarrassed considering a foreigner who cannot speak native language and it is concerning the money. And I will not ask the money from a stranger if only have alternatives to make a decision.
I approach some person, told him that I was forgot to bring my wallet and asked him politely if he could help me to lend his money for bus fare and I would pay it later. He looked at me and ask, “How much money do you need?” I said the bus fare is 29 Peso. He gave me 30 Peso and refused me to pay it later. Before
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In this case the question is not concerning “right or wrong” situation such a normative theory thus I apply The Golden Rule. Jeffrey Wattles (1996) admirably captures the Golden Rule’s virtues,
“The golden rule is from the first intuitively accessible, easy to understand, its simplicity communicates confidence that the agent can find the right way and it most commonly expresses a commitment to treating others with consideration and fairness, predicated on the recognition that others are like one self.”
Consider the following comment of Marcus G. Singer (1967),
“The golden rule has been widely accepted, in word if not in deed by vast numbers of greatly differing peoples, it is a basic device of moral education, and it can be found at the core of innumerable moral, religious, and social code. The nearly universal acceptance of the golden rule and its promulgation by persons of considerable intelligence, though otherwise of divergent outlooks, would seem to provide some evidence for the claim that it is a fundamental ethical
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Ethical value such honesty, accountability, promise keeping, fairness, and respect for others could be guide line for an answer for a question, “Is it ethical to ask for money from a stranger?”. In this case, I followed the ethical value and it is ethical to ask for money from the stranger.
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