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Are people generally good?
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
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Visitor Comments: 19
(18) Anonymous, January 8, 2012 4:46 AM
This was nice to know. People are basically good.
This brought tears to my eyes, especially when it went to the game, and saw all the people commending those who were honest.
(17) Anonymous, January 3, 2012 5:17 PM
Categorical Imperative at work.
(16) Sol Zeiger, January 3, 2012 12:55 AM
Hooray for mankind!
People are inherently good. They are often influenced by their environment, though. The more positive the environment, the better people behave. Courtesy breeds courtesy and contempt breeds contempt. If people are raised with values, they will, most probably, have values. If people are raised believing that the only way you can get ahead in life, is by grabbing first and that everything is coming to them, you have people that are less likely to be honest or courteous. Role models have a lot to do with this. I'm pleasantly surprised by the number of people that returned the wallets. I don't think most people were worried about a camera watching them, I think they were just being honest. It does leave me with a good feeling, Coke or no.
(15) Rabbi Maher, January 2, 2012 5:10 PM
What Glory rests within?
What Glory did make us? What were we created for. We are a children of G-d. It is our identity to restore order to the kingdom. This is what we are to be and to do. Shoftim-Judges and Deliverers...(of a wallet? sure) It feels good to see people operating in the capacity we are created for. thanks, Shalom shamashim
(14) Yisroel, January 1, 2012 10:42 PM
Is this experiment scientific?
Would the return percentage have been 95% if they would have left the wallet in the dressing room or restroom,where there are no eyes or cameras watching ? What do you think? Here is a "Lost And Found Honesty Test" look at these results: The Toronto Star, Canada’s largest daily newspaper, conducted a little lost and found honesty test. They took 20 wallets and filled each with more than $40 cash, fake photo id’s and id tags with a contact number, then ‘lost’ them in 20 different places around the city of Toronto. Some of the places included the ladies fitting room at a department store, a sidewalk outside of a fruit market, inside a library, a donut shop and a parking lot. Surprisingly, 16 of the 20 wallets were reported found and only one of them was missing the cash. Even though the experiment is not scientific, it sure does go a long way to show there are more good-doers than bad-doers out there. Today, in the worst recession since the Depression, Torontonians can proudly say honesty is not about the rich, or the poor. It exists in their city and it’s overwhelming. For the Good Samaritans who have come forward, the cash returned has been donated to a charity of their choice. Have we been misled by Coke again? Is Coke the REAL thing? P.S. Can anybody tell me the name, and COLOR of the uniform of the other team?
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