Well, when I think of babies I think of sweet innocence, adorable, and Gods greatest gift...and when I think of Jim Jones or Adolf Hitler I think mean, greedy, corrupt, and plain evil. So is it easier for me to see bad 'adults' punished, rather than little beings who've never done an evil deed in the their lives…Yes. Should it be? I don’t think so. Cultures have so many variations, views, and Understandings for matters such as abortion and the death-penalty that societies have a hard time knowing where to stand with them. Circumstances and experiences can dictate ones behavior on each issues…or religion and moral values…it just depends
I think it's easy to take a stand for either position until you are faced with the actual situation. Then the comes the acid test. For instance, if your 13 year old daughter is raped by a close relative. Would you force her to carry that child to term against her will? What if that same daughter was viciously raped and killed and you were formerly anti-death penalty? Would you not want that guy to pay?
Yes--exactly! Can you imagine the terrible dissonance it must have created for Sr. Diana Ortiz, for instance, when she was repeatedly tortured and raped and then found herself pregnant. Here was a woman who felt very strong against abortion. But, could not bring herself to carry the child. What pain that must have caused her to make that particular decision. My heart weeps when I think of the turmoil she must have experienced. I am not sure how she resolved the dissonance. Thoughts?
I think Sr.Diana and all woman who think of abortion as something that only uneducated,desperate and uncaring women could do join the ranks of all women who have abortions. They know they did the best they could for themselves at a horrible time in their lives. I think this should teach us that we do not need to overturn Roe v. Wade; all this will do is send women to the back alley abortionists. We need to keep abortion legal and safe.
I think we need to be able to understand the role cognitive dissonance plays in our lives. We understand it best when we think in terms of extreme examples such as the abortion dilemma. But what about more common occurrences? Say you detest cheating and find out your best friend cheated on an exam? Think about situations you have found yourself in that resulted in cognitive dissonance. It may be hard because we are typically unaware what is happening. We find ourselves uncomfortable and adjust our thinking to reduce the tension. Provide examples in which you found yourself dealing with cognitive dissonance.
Cognitive Dissonance seems to me to affect people in different ways depending on how strong your attitudes are to a certain subject. Using the cheating on a test analysis, I don't agree with cheating, but depending on how bad I think it is will determine how I feel when my friend tells me that they cheated. If I just see it as a not so good thing to do, I am more likely to be okay with it, and not tell my friend I believe what they did was wrong. But on the other hand, if it is something I am strongly against then I will stand up for what I believe and tell my friend how I feel. Even though there is a chance in hurting my friendship with this person, my beliefs make me who I am and as an individual I need to stand up for what I believe in.
I agree with the fact that life situations shape our views dramatically. You may be completely against the death penalty but if someone you know is murdered, then more than likely your beliefs about the death penalty are going to change. You will want the murderer to pay the price for what he or she has done. On the note made about keeping abortion "legal and safe" I think the fact that knowing abortion is legal encourages it more than if it were illegal. If abortion were illegal and there were no clinics offering the 'services', most would not even consider abortion as an option and would not even be tempted to take such drastic measures since these 'services' would not be legally and conveniently available.
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Well, when I think of babies I think of sweet innocence, adorable, and Gods greatest gift...and when I think of Jim Jones or Adolf Hitler I think mean, greedy, corrupt, and plain evil. So is it easier for me to see bad 'adults' punished, rather than little beings who've never done an evil deed in the their lives…Yes. Should it be? I don’t think so. Cultures have so many variations, views, and Understandings for matters such as abortion and the death-penalty that societies have a hard time knowing where to stand with them. Circumstances and experiences can dictate ones behavior on each issues…or religion and moral values…it just depends
I think it's easy to take a stand for either position until you are faced with the actual situation. Then the comes the acid test. For instance, if your 13 year old daughter is raped by a close relative. Would you force her to carry that child to term against her will? What if that same daughter was viciously raped and killed and you were formerly anti-death penalty? Would you not want that guy to pay?
Yes--exactly! Can you imagine the terrible dissonance it must have created for Sr. Diana Ortiz, for instance, when she was repeatedly tortured and raped and then found herself pregnant. Here was a woman who felt very strong against abortion. But, could not bring herself to carry the child. What pain that must have caused her to make that particular decision. My heart weeps when I think of the turmoil she must have experienced. I am not sure how she resolved the dissonance. Thoughts?
I think Sr.Diana and all woman who think of abortion as something that only uneducated,desperate and uncaring women could do join the ranks of all women who have abortions. They know they did the best they could for themselves at a horrible time in their lives. I think this should teach us that we do not need to overturn Roe v. Wade; all this will do is send women to the back alley abortionists. We need to keep abortion legal and safe.
I think we need to be able to understand the role cognitive dissonance plays in our lives. We understand it best when we think in terms of extreme examples such as the abortion dilemma. But what about more common occurrences? Say you detest cheating and find out your best friend cheated on an exam? Think about situations you have found yourself in that resulted in cognitive dissonance. It may be hard because we are typically unaware what is happening. We find ourselves uncomfortable and adjust our thinking to reduce the tension. Provide examples in which you found yourself dealing with cognitive dissonance.
Cognitive Dissonance seems to me to affect people in different ways depending on how strong your attitudes are to a certain subject. Using the cheating on a test analysis, I don't agree with cheating, but depending on how bad I think it is will determine how I feel when my friend tells me that they cheated. If I just see it as a not so good thing to do, I am more likely to be okay with it, and not tell my friend I believe what they did was wrong. But on the other hand, if it is something I am strongly against then I will stand up for what I believe and tell my friend how I feel. Even though there is a chance in hurting my friendship with this person, my beliefs make me who I am and as an individual I need to stand up for what I believe in.
I agree with the fact that life situations shape our views dramatically. You may be completely against the death penalty but if someone you know is murdered, then more than likely your beliefs about the death penalty are going to change. You will want the murderer to pay the price for what he or she has done.
On the note made about keeping abortion "legal and safe" I think the fact that knowing abortion is legal encourages it more than if it were illegal. If abortion were illegal and there were no clinics offering the 'services', most would not even consider abortion as an option and would not even be tempted to take such drastic measures since these 'services' would not be legally and conveniently available.
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