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题目:ISSUE 235 - "Most people are taught that loyalty is a virtue. But loyalty-whether to one's friends, to one's school or place of employment, or to any institution-is all too often a destructive rather than a positive force."
字数:513 用时:0:45:00 日期:2005-9-4
It has long been a belief that loyalty is among the most significant virtues when estimating a person. A hero is always venerated in the history for his loyalty to his country; friendship is usually portrayed as the most treasurable relation for the friends' loyalty to each other; Adevoted employee is often praised and get promotion fast for his or her loyalty to the company. As the loyalty is so highly regarded and so excessively emphasized, it is necessary for us to realize that all too much loyalty would generate negative effects.
When sense of loyalty is excessively propagated to instill into citizens, chauvinism is usually evoked, which may lead a breakout of war. Until now, many people are still amazed by the Cavalier Spirit of Japanese during the World War Tow. When soldiers come into the battle, they can unbelievably sacrifice their life without consideration. They just ran forward and never turn back, killing enemy even themselves have already badly hurt. It is especially imperceivable that although the soldiers have made all their efforts to fight, when defeated, nearly all captains suicide to show regret for the fallacy and loyalty for his countries. Just because of this irrational kind of loyalty, Japan commits so much guilt and bring diseastes to whole world. Unfortunately, chauvinism is still can be seen in nowadays society. Almost every day there are some reports about the Palestinian people, who are enforced by the so called "loyalty" to his country, use their own bodies to make bomb so as to kill Israelites. When so many tragedies are caused by the impropriate sense of loyalty, loyalty should be revalued rationally.
When too much emphasize the loyalty to friend, harmful result comes out which is demonstrated as nepotism. It can be usually seen in contemporary society that when a manger face the dilemma that his imitate friend who do not have the required ability pleads him for a job, he usually offer for the sense of loyalty rather to turn it down for his friend do not equipped with suitable qualification. This action may deteriorate the efficiency of the company by obstacle it from absorb excellent employees and place other applicants in a disadvantage and unfairly position.
Similarity can be draw out when a employee is frenetically loyalty to his company, he would do whatever things that benefit his own company, no matter it is illegal or it would deter the social welfare. He would consider flinch other company's commercial secrete is right because it will help his company to gain larger share of the market, he would also advocate pollute the environment to cut the cost and ultimate profit. To make his company successful, he can do anything at the expense of the whole society.
Such phenomena are not rare in our world , however, it still can not draw people's attention to the destructive effect of unconditional loyalty to one's country, friends and institution. To make our society keep stable and assure our world develop healthily, we should realize the double-edges effect of the loyalty and use it appropriately.
[ Last edited by staralways on 2005-9-4 at 22:10 ] |
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