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Ethics and Morality: Integrity
The purpose of this work is to state what role maturity plays in ethical and integral behavior and to use an ideal husband "Lying Awake" by Mark Salzman and "Integrity" by Stephan Carter as examples. Further this paper will attempt to answer as to whether values are derived and will through use of the subject areas of family, religion and law enter into exploration of this issue. This work will further answer the question of, "What is the use of integrity and ethics? Finally, this work will give examples from each source to the contemporary world.
In the brief novel entitled "Lying Awake" the author, Mark Salzmann delves into the mind of a mystically minded Christian. This work reveals that which may happen when zealous commitment to religious matters and thus experiences collisions with the tangled, ambiguous reality between real-life and that which is illusionary. In the work entitled "Integrity" written by Stephen L. Carter it is stated that "One cannot have integrity without also displaying a measure of honesty." The Three Steps of integrity are stated as follows:
1. Take time to discern right from wrong. What do you believe? What do you value?
2. Get involved in what you believe and value ... do something about it.
3. Admit publicly what you believe and value while acting on what you say.
The author, Stephen L. Carter states that,
"A person of integrity lurks somewhere inside each of us: " A person of integrity lurks somewhere inside each of us: a person we feel we can trust to do right, to , community and churches and further values are derived through a type of intellectual osmosis from those who are close and important in the life of an individual. In the case of Sister John, it is clearly seen that she formed her values and principles with the basis for belief being those thing purported spiritually by her teacher.
II. Values in Relation to Family
Family values are beliefs and principles held within the family unit generation after generation and are an integral part of the derivative of values for the individual. Carter addresses marriage in the work "Integrity" acknowledging that a person of integrity must, struggle long and hard against the temptations that would lead to failure in marriage. Carter puzzles for a spell on the subject of abortion and argues that getting over the tendency to view it as our most important political issue domestically Carter writes that:
'It is shameful that so many otherwise principled liberals and conservatives have made abortion a litmus test of genuine commitment. Carter somewhat avoids the subject of family matters and complete avoids institutional effects upon the shaping…
Works Cited
Salzman, Mark (2000) Lying Awake. Knopf 2000.
Carter, Stephen (1997) Integrity. Perennial (HarperCollins) January, 1997.
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