The Daily Mind
Daily Steps To Mindful Living
Daily ethical dilemmas are something everyone has to face. Sometimes, we may not notice them. Sometimes, we may ignore them.
Today, I’d like to look at two concepts that are part of my core values: loyalty and honesty. You know this goes. Below is the situation which you have to think about. [Read more…] about Ethical Dilemma: Would You Tell on a Colleague/Friend?
The Paris attacks on November 13, 2015 shocked the world almost to its very core. An act of terrorism that killed and destroyed the lives of many people – more than 100 dead and more than 300 injured – the attacks were unexpected and is considered to be one of the worst since World War II.
The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the attacks, of which a snippet of the declaration is below:
In a blessed battle whose causes of success were enabled by Allah, a group of believers from the soldiers of the Caliphate (may Allah strengthen and support it) set out targeting the capital of prostitution and vice, the lead carrier of the cross in Europe-Paris…Thus, they were truthful with Allah — we consider them so — and Allah granted victory upon their hands and cast terror into the hearts of the crusaders in their very own homeland.
Following the attacks, governments around the world acted immediately to deal with the aftermath, and one of the findings was quite striking: a Syrian refugee who was recently accepted into Europe was one of the seven terrorists. Another is suspected to have entered Greece as a refugee months prior to the attack. [Read more…] about Ethical Dilemma: Should America Close Its Doors to Syrian Refugees?
I haven’t had much time to write these last few days so I wanted to get you (the readers) to do some of the work. Today I have a hypothetical situation to puzzle you with. It is a question I have spent a great deal of time thinking about myself. Please read the question and then leave a comment letting us know what you would do. I am not going to tell you my response until I have seen a good amount of discussion.
The hypothetical situation is this:
You have been given $500 to donate to a starving family with four children with the condition that you have to donate 50% of the money to someone else who is going to buy drugs with your donation. Would you still donate?
Mull it over. Let us know. I am very interested to hear what you all have to say. Particularly my regular readers who I feel I am getting to know quite well.
