Risk and Self-Command-
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Risk and Self-Command-
In our lives, it is important to exercise self-command.
However, we should not be so concerned with the future that we stifle
the present. The question becomes what balance should we strike
between self-command and risks? What kinds of risks are acceptable or
unacceptable? In this essay, we will use two examples of risks to show
the distinction between the two and arrive at a conclusion as to the
balance one should …
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…continuing what humans treasure most: life. Similarly, my AIDS cure would offer some hope to patients who are assured an eventual long, painful death. Maybe the cure might work for them. If not, that it did not would be almost insignificant. Spending my life's savings on an AIDS cure would almost certainly increase the general happiness, as it would provide hope. That, in the end, it is a failure is of little, if any, significance.
…continuing what humans treasure most: life. Similarly, my AIDS cure would offer some hope to patients who are assured an eventual long, painful death. Maybe the cure might work for them. If not, that it did not would be almost insignificant. Spending my life's savings on an AIDS cure would almost certainly increase the general happiness, as it would provide hope. That, in the end, it is a failure is of little, if any, significance.
