Aaliyah Trujillo

Mrs. Carroll

American Literature

10 Rules To Be A Good Person

Ethics are moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or the conducting of an

activity. Ethics are used in your everyday life whether you know it or not. Decision making

happens every day, from choosing what to eat for breakfast or choosing what homework

assignment to do first, you choose on which you feel will benefit you or others most of the time.

My 10 rules to be a good person mostly focuses on the ​Consequentialist Framework​, which is

decision making based on how it will benefit the majority of others but a small portion focuses

on the ​Virtue Framework​, which is decision making based on how it will benefit you and how it

will make you look as a person.

First, I will begin with rules one, three, four, six, and ten. I feel that these rules are

important because they are based on the ​Consequentialist framework​ which often encourages

you to use your natural duties or obligations of solidarity. For example, rule one is “do no harm”.

When thinking about this rule, I think of the different ways in which people can harm others

whether it's physical, mental, or emotional. I feel that it is a natural duty for us not to do harm

because it goes along with the rule of “treat others how you would want to be treated” or my rule

number four which is “respect all things and people”. It goes along with these rules because if

you just treat people with respect and spread positivity, there will be no harm done which is very

important in this kind of society. This natural duty also pairs up with rules number six, and ten

which are, “Help out when you see others struggling” and “Care for the feelings of others”. You
never know one's situation so one act of kindness can make their day or even prevent them

from causing harm to themselves which will cause your action to be encouraged elsewhere for

the benefit of others.

Adding on, I will now talk about rules two, five, seven, eight, and nine. These rules are

important when it comes to being a good person because, in order for you to help others, you

would need to help yourself first. These 5 rules mainly focus on the ​Virtue Framework​ which

means that you are making decisions based on how it will benefit you or make you look like a

person. For example, rule number two states “live in the now, stop worrying about the future”.

This pertains to the ​virtue framework​ because when you’re living in the moment, it is a moment

of self-care because when you focus too much on the past, it becomes stressful depending on if

it was a bad experience or not. This rule also relates to rule numbers five, seven, eight, and nine

which are “do not compare yourself to others”, “be open to new things and ideas”, “avoid

drama”, and “stay humble”. These rules all relate to each other because they focus on what will

benefit you and help you to maintain or gain happiness that you haven't met yet.