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1、第 1 页 20XX 年大学关于诚信的英语演讲稿1 特征码 pqUOuQSOmpORjZnbysJI since the quality of honesty applies to all behaviors, one cannot refuse to consider factual information, for example, in an unbiased manner and still claim that ones knowledge, belief or position is an attempt to be truthful. such a belief is clear
2、ly a product of ones desires and simply has nothing to do with the human ability to know. basing ones positions on what one wants rather than unbiased evidence gathering is dishonest even when good intentions can be cited after all even hitler could cite good intentions and intended glory for a sele
3、ct group of people. clearly then, an unbiased approach to the truth is a requirement of honesty. because intentions are closely related to fairness and certainly affect the degree of honesty/dishonesty, there is a wide spread confusion about honesty-and a general belief that being dishonest means th
4、at one always correctly understands if their behavior is 第 2 页 either honest or dishonest. self-perception of our morality is non-static and volatile. its often at the moment we refuse to consider other perspectives that there is a clear indication we are not pursuing the truth, rather than simply a
5、nd exclusively at the moment we can muster up evidence that we are right. socrates had much to say about truth, honesty and morality, and explained that if people really understood that their behavior was wrong then they simply wouldnt do it by definition. unfortunately, honesty in the western tradi
6、tion has been marginalized to specific instances perhaps because a thorough understanding of honesty collides with ideologies of all types. ideologies and idealism often exaggerate and suppress evidence in order to support their perspectives at the expense of the truth. this process erodes the pract
7、ice and understanding of honesty. to an ideologist the truth quite often bees insignificant, what matters most are their ideals and what ever supports their desires to enjoy and spread those ideals. human beings are in 第 3 页 nherently biased about what they believe to be good due to individual taste
8、s & backgrounds, but once one understands that a decidedly biased approach to what is true is inherently dishonest, one can also understand how idealism and ideology have poorly served the quest for an honest, moral society. both honesty and morality require that we base our opinions about what is good upon unbiased ideas of what is true rather than vice versa (determining what is true based on what we feel is good) the way all ideologies would have us believe.