Laiyle Muhsen 

Ms.O’Keefe & ​Mr. Kelly 

American Literature 

March 22nd 2018 

Let's Change the World  

 
​Want to become a good person? Well you have to be able to know the meaning of 

ethics and what's important about ethics and the meaning of justice and the important 

thing about justice .Ethics is a word that means ​ a branch of philosophy that involves 

systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct. 

Ethics are important because it ​concern an individual's moral judgements about right 

and wrong decisions taken within an organisation may be made by individuals or 

groups, but whoever makes them will be influenced by the culture of the company. 

Ethical behaviour and corporate social responsibility can bring significant benefits to a 

business.​Justice is ​Any society whether the family, the community, a nation, or the 

world benefits from having justice as a prevailing virtue. Such a society is dedicated to 

the notion that all of its members should benefit, and no one person or group should 

have a greater benefit or rights than another.​Justice means punishing actions or words 

that are wrong and upholding things that are good.The ten rules to live by that I listed 

are mostly based on “The consequentialist framework” which means focuses on the 

future effect of the possible courses of action to produce good but can sometimes end 

up harming.The rules also connect to natural duties and this means the rules are 
include the duty to treat persons with respect, to do justice, to avoid cruelty. This duty 

is used everyday in life. The first rule on the list is “Do no harm” this is an important 

rule because ​obligation not to inflict harm intentionally; In medical ethics, the 

physician's guiding maxim is “First, do no harm.” Beneficence (do good) Provide 

benefits to persons and contribute to their welfare. Refers to an action done for the 

benefit of others which creates peace between everyone. The second rule on the list is 

“To forgive” Forgiveness is the intentional and voluntary process by which a victim 

undergoes a change in feelings and attitude regarding an offense, lets go of negative 

emotions such as vengefulness, with an increased ability to wish the offender well.This 

rule is based “The virtue framework” this framework is how a positive person you 

should be and motivate the people.This is an important rule because you always have 

to forgive others even though they hurt you, but this can make you look like a better 

person and show how sweet your heart is.The third rule on the list is “Respect” this 

rule is based on natural duties which means everyone should be respected not just the 

people you know Respect is a positive feeling or action shown towards someone or 

something considered important. Think about it if you respect your teacher, you 

admire her and treat her well, you will have great relationship with your teacher.If you 

want people to treat you in a good way then you have to treat them with respect 

always treat people the way you want to be treated and the best way is treat them with 

respect.The fourth rule is “Be equal” , equality is a state of affairs in which all people 

within a specific society or isolated group have the same status in certain respects, 

including civil rights, freedom of speech, property rights.Everyone should be treated 

equal in this world no matter what you believe in or race you are because we are all 

human beings.This rule is based on natural duties because it's something that involves 

with justice everyone deserves their rights and the duty framework .The fifth rule on 

the list is “Be grateful / Thankful” always be happy of what you have some people out 

there wish to have things that you have and they don’t which you can help them which 

connect to rule number six “Help / Caring” , you have to help others such as people 

with low income that have no food, house, clothes ,and many other things which we 

have to help the, and make them feel like they are part of the world too and not 

different from us this rule is based on “Voluntary obligation” because you are 

volunteering to help and do something..Rule number seven is “Honesty” refers to a 

facet of moral character and connotes positive and virtuous attributes such as 

integrity, truthfulness, straightforwardness, including straightforwardness of conduct, 

along with the absence of lying, cheating. Saying the truth is better than a lie even 

though it can hurt that person but it's better to show the society you are living in that 

you can be trusted.Rule number eight is “Positive Attitude” A positive attitude doesn't 

mean ignoring life's troubles. It just means being an optimist and looking for the good 

in things, rather than being a pessimist and concentrating on the bad in things.You 

have to have a positive attitude anywhere you go because having a negative attitude 

may it can affect anyone, just about anywhere.This rule is connected to “the Virtue 

framework” because it it shows on what kind of person you are and what your action 

indicate about your character.Rule number nine is to be “Open Minded” ​Being 

open-minded can be really tough sometimes. Most of us are brought up with a set of 
beliefs and values and, throughout our lives, tend to surround ourselves with people 

who share the same values and beliefs. Therefore, it can be difficult when we're faced 

with ideas that challenge our own and, though we may wish to be open-minded, we 

may struggle with the act of it from time to time. The last rule is “Be Kind” this rule 

connect to rule number three because it’s basically showing how you should be 

respectful. Being kind ​ is a behavior marked by ethical characteristics, a pleasant 

disposition, and concern and consideration for others. It is known as a virtue, and is 

recognized as a value in many cultures and religions. When I started the ten rule list 

there were things in my mind that I thought of , but then after I changed some of them 

it was hard brainstorming on getting all the rules at once but got up to six rules , then 

after looking at my letters from my partners I made some changes such “Family” I had 

that as a rule but on one of the letter my peer said that “Family” is out of place and 

should be detailed.Putting the rules in order can be hard sometimes but when actually 

knowing deep meaning of each you can easily put them in order to make it look like a 

better list. If i would follow these rules I think my life would change in better way than 

it is , I do follow most of the rules on this list but if I do all of them and do them 

everyday my life would be better than it is now.The world be a better place to live in if 

everybody lived by these rules because what I see in this world now is just not as good 

as it should be , there are so many negative people in this world and should be 

thinking about what they are doing to other peoples and how would they feel if they 

were in that person's spot , if you would want to do something you have to think about 

what can happen after you done it like if it’s either going to make a better change or a 
bad change so basically think about the positive and negative things that may happen, 

but you have to mainly focus on the positive thing which means can make a positive 

impact to everyone in this world. 

Sources : 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgiveness 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respect 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_equality 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honesty 

https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/do-you-have-a-positive-attitude 

http://www.positivelypresent.com/2010/09/7-benefits-of-being-openminded.html 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindness 

https://www.nwabr.org/sites/default/files/EthicsBackground.pdfhttps://www.nwabr.o

rg/sites/default/files/EthicsBackground.pdf