My Position Paper on Born to Be Good

In this reading, the author expresses her opinion about what inspires individuals to behave certain ways. It is not shocking that people under no uncertain circumstances will do the right thing when faced with disadvantaged persons, and doing things out of common courtesy. However, I suppose the question to ask is, is there an underlying reason why we provide courtesy acts to others? According to the reading, the underlying reason for doing the right thing is that it presents a better outcome for the individual performing the good deed.…