Frank Sinatra one the most influential & popular musical artist of the 20th century renowned for his most impeccable voice clarity in one of his song "what now my love" with Lyrics: What now my love, now that you've left me / How can I live through another day / Watching my dreams turn to ashes / And my hopes turn to bits of clay... reminds listener to a process with potentially undesirable outcome.There is a saying that without love there is no light. One emotion that it has mystified every one. love is indeed such powerful aphrodisiac that we all should use it to our benefit. Though love is extremely powerful potion however it is a process that takes one through a journey surpassing all logic.
Among the strongest love is the bond that brings man and woman together. if the past is any thing to go by, such love has brought together kingdoms into nations in the past, and ended many great wars. It's is also for the love of a woman that has started a few of well-known war such as Greek myth, Helen of Troy. Helen was considered the most beautiful woman in the world. By marriage she was Queen of Laconia, a province within Homeric Greece, the wife of King Menelaus. Her abduction by Prince Paris of Troy brought about the Trojan War..
For all those glorious feelings in between man and woman and its physical nature, whenever one party's expectation is let down, the inner sanctuary turns inside out shattering all hopes into bits of clay. Watching dreams turning into ashes, feeling is turned into numbness. When it is over sense of hopelessness conspires the world to closes in on us. Like painted kites Autumn and Winter come and go, still lonely days stay on. We all carry things inside that no one else can see. They all hold us down like anchors, According to Sinatra it is all down to the Summer Wind that we loose the one we love.
Tuesday, 4 April 2017
Monday, 3 April 2017
whistle blowers
why whistle blowing is a noble act yet risky? because group loyalty condemn it and it is considered as treason in murky waters of national security! Though most of us are not thinking in becoming a whistle blowers like Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning, and Edward Snowden, Nonetheless we approve the heroic act of such individuals because they bring many rewards for our societies, reminding us how vital it is that our democratic values are preserved. Image in our contemporary society generally overwhelms pedigree of substance and the truth is usually the victim. Compromise over moral imperative for self interested rational has become the norm in capitalistic societies where elite with the help of main stream media control information channels and the content at the expense of our civic rights.
Whilst whistle blowing is considered a trade off between fairness and loyalty, question remains why and what are the reasons behind dissents? Fairness & loyalty generally take a second proceeding where and when ethics is concerned. It is the ethics that drives man kind to adhere himself to values that transcends him above pettiness. Ethics is the deep rooted in man's conscious that allow man to make sense of his existence in other words ethics is moral principles that govern a person's behaviour for the conducting of an activity.
The psychology of whistle blowing James Dungan1 , Adam Waytz1 and Liane Young "available on line" - is about: Experimental data reveal the double-edged nature of whistle blowing. Experiments have compared settings where it is possible or not possible for individuals to voice information about another person’s unethical behaviour (similar to whistle blowing), looking in particular at whether individuals then choose to exchange goods in a competitive, self-interested fashion or in a cooperative, pro social fashion. Giving individuals an opportunity to blow the whistle increases cooperation and decreases selfishness within collectives. These results point to the positive consequences of whistle blowing for groups. By contrast, other studies that have examined people’s responses to those who speak out against morally questionable behaviour (i.e. whistle blowers); dissenting individuals are often denigrated by the ones who themselves engaged in morally questionable behaviour. These studies again show that whistle blowing can be to the detriment of group harmony.
Then, why the authorities who themselves are engaged in morally questionable behaviour have the rights to go after the likes of Julian Assange. Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden? The logic of these individuals who have become whistle blowers, is on building the kind of community that values constructive dissent while maintaining group loyalty. Individual though are highly committed to their group such as Snowden, & Chelsea manning express their dissent when they notice shameful behaviour of authorities harmful to the group’s interests and society. it is thus up to society to protect its civic rights by standing firm behind whistle blowers.
why whistle blowing is a noble act yet risky? because group loyalty condemn it and it is considered as treason in murky waters of national security! Though most of us are not thinking in becoming a whistle blowers like Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning, and Edward Snowden, Nonetheless we approve the heroic act of such individuals because they bring many rewards for our societies, reminding us how vital it is that our democratic values are preserved. Image in our contemporary society generally overwhelms pedigree of substance and the truth is usually the victim. Compromise over moral imperative for self interested rational has become the norm in capitalistic societies where elite with the help of main stream media control information channels and the content at the expense of our civic rights.
Whilst whistle blowing is considered a trade off between fairness and loyalty, question remains why and what are the reasons behind dissents? Fairness & loyalty generally take a second proceeding where and when ethics is concerned. It is the ethics that drives man kind to adhere himself to values that transcends him above pettiness. Ethics is the deep rooted in man's conscious that allow man to make sense of his existence in other words ethics is moral principles that govern a person's behaviour for the conducting of an activity.
The psychology of whistle blowing James Dungan1 , Adam Waytz1 and Liane Young "available on line" - is about: Experimental data reveal the double-edged nature of whistle blowing. Experiments have compared settings where it is possible or not possible for individuals to voice information about another person’s unethical behaviour (similar to whistle blowing), looking in particular at whether individuals then choose to exchange goods in a competitive, self-interested fashion or in a cooperative, pro social fashion. Giving individuals an opportunity to blow the whistle increases cooperation and decreases selfishness within collectives. These results point to the positive consequences of whistle blowing for groups. By contrast, other studies that have examined people’s responses to those who speak out against morally questionable behaviour (i.e. whistle blowers); dissenting individuals are often denigrated by the ones who themselves engaged in morally questionable behaviour. These studies again show that whistle blowing can be to the detriment of group harmony.
Then, why the authorities who themselves are engaged in morally questionable behaviour have the rights to go after the likes of Julian Assange. Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden? The logic of these individuals who have become whistle blowers, is on building the kind of community that values constructive dissent while maintaining group loyalty. Individual though are highly committed to their group such as Snowden, & Chelsea manning express their dissent when they notice shameful behaviour of authorities harmful to the group’s interests and society. it is thus up to society to protect its civic rights by standing firm behind whistle blowers.
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