Brown Gal

Today I was going over some of my study material and I learned more about the philosopher Immanuel Kant. Amazing to me, but not surprising, he was very passionate about influencing people to treat people with dignity and respect. Surprising because of the time period in which he lived and how things are passed from generation to generation. These simple lessons from years in past can become so valuable for years to come. His theory was to treat people as subjects and not ojects that we control for our own purpose. Subjects referring to us having a mind of our own and able to make our own decisions. While going over the study it reminded me of something that John Maxwell goes over in his leadership training. He says we need to treat all people with dignity and respect no matter what classification they hold. His example was, "If you ever are locked out of the gym, it's the janitor that will be the one to let you in." So basically be nice to everyone, even those you find their jobs not be so glamourous. You never know when you need someone, or how the interaction at that moment can impact a future endeavor.
I feel you need to take every day as a day to increase your ability to care. Not to be careless in the decisions you make, the things you say, and how you interact with others. There are plenty of times when you feel an emotional decision evolving and you lean towards the choice of something less ethical. Ethics is such a broad subject. It's the type of ethical person you want to be and how the differences can still make you experience conflicting situations. I encourage to always take the "higher road." There was a time when I would surely take the lower road, I didn't even know that the higher road even existed. Now that I am on that road, it's hard to leave. It's paved so genuine and secure that nothing could ever flatter me to change. That was a personal decision that I had to make, a decision based on the ethics that I want to hold strong too.