Saturday, October 20, 2012
Premises
I agree with the three basic beliefs(334), rationality premises, which we can see all over us, institutions, jury trials and many others are all the proof that a person is able to discover the truth by using logical analysis. The second premise is perfectibility, in which I believe myself. I do believe that I was born in sin, we all sin, and even a little child who had just learned to speak already lies. My son was only one and half years old, and he would lie to me about certain things already, this proves that it is in the person, because nobody was teaching him those bad things and I do believe that as we continue to live, we can improve by doing good deeds, and putting effort into it, which is not easy to do, and requires much work and self control. The third premise is mutability, which assumes that humans act based on their surroundings. I agree with that as well, we can see it everywhere among people. Hollywood celebrities act one way, and homeless people act based on their surroundings, so as do other groups of people. If we take a homeless person, give them a home surround them with better things, they change their psychological views and they act different. If a teen hangs out with a bad crowd, he or she is most likely to start doing the things that they are doing and adopt to the way they think, even if that person had different views before they joined the company. Mutability premise is what makes us divide into groups, and we tend to find friends that have same views and act like we do.
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I agree with the majority of your posting, but need to ask what specific experience you have had working with homeless people? I directed homeless outreaches for seven years in the greater Sacramento area working with thousands of people young and old from a myriad of ethnicity, educational, and family backgrounds. There were those with doctorate degrees and thousand dollar watches who chose to live without a permanent home and yet continued to carry themselves with a dignified demeanor, and articulated in an educated manner all while living under the bridge. There were also those from generational poverty who were taken off the streets, given a suitable dwelling place, new clothes, and gainful employment training, yet came to decide the 'change' was too much for them to handle the perceived expectations of them, or the psychologically pressure change brings, so they chose to walk away from it all and return to their life on the streets.
ReplyDeleteI think it's easy for us to make assumptions or stereotype based on our personal biases. I know when it came to working with the homeless, much of what I once held as a belief, changed drastically. It was very rewarding work, and definitely brought me an education I am hard pressed to learn in a textbook.
Barbara I have a personal example, where a homeless man asked my cousin for help, and he took him home. When he used to live on the street he was drinking most of the time, and just slept anywhere. My cousin brought him home, and allowed him to live in their family trailer, they feed him and talk with him and simply let him see a different kind of life. Currently he is doing much better and starts to see a new way to live. Slowly looking for a job.
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