10 minutes of your time, to hear about integrity

I'm rereading some old articles from friends and decided postcard!
Here is The First.
I got this 4 years From Marcelo Nery Pr Ichtus the Therapeutic Community.


When nobody is looking ... - 03/04/2006 Socrates argued that people in general are good even without running the risk of punishment if they are not. In his book The Republic, Plato presents the counter-argument that an alleged student named Glaucon made in response to this aspect of morality. In his dissent he titled "The Ring of Gyges." The character of his story was Gyges, a shepherd in the service of King Candaules Lydia. After an earthquake, Gyges finds a cave in the mountains, where there was a grave with a corpse wearing a ring. When Gyges put the ring on his own finger, he discovers that this makes it invisible. Gyges then arrange to be picked as an official of the court and uses his power of invisibility to seduce the queen. With its help, he murders the king and he becomes king of Lydia, and practice many other pranks and crimes. The fable of Glaucus has a gift for raising an important moral issue, put it this way: no one to monitor his behavior, someone would be able to resist the temptation of evil? If he knew his acts were not witnessed, would respect the dignity of others, your intimacy, your secrets, your freedom, your property, your life? How to proceed when nobody is looking? There are few disciples of Glauco, because when nobody is looking, many things happen that are shaking the pillars of morality and ethics. When nobody is looking ... Members were purchased to facilitate the approval of materials that favor the government, a parliamentary aide hides dollars obscure origin in underwear, an aide to a minister collecting bribes from the lottery operator, a public official receives a bribe to facilitate choice in bidding, a son President makes a modest business venture into a video game millionaire at the expense of a public utility company. When nobody is looking ... is broken the bank secrecy of the home who accused the most important government minister, the average citizen gives a bribe to a traffic policeman to escape a fine; members voted (secretly) to absolve colleagues who were defendants confessed to crimes of corruption; Judges fill the courts with the hiring of relatives, the Army is negotiating with dealers to recover stolen weapons, a religious leader from sexually abusing minors. Some of these characters would do the same things if you knew that was caught? How might this moral laxity in the higher spheres of leadership can spread throughout society? In general, there is no denying that one of the incentives for someone breaking a law or moral rule rests on the belief that others violate it. People seem convinced that if everyone acts in a certain way, even if illegal, they can too. The logic is this: if everyone does, then what harm is there if I do well? The aggravating factor is much greater when the bad example comes from leaders who are supposed to watch over the morals and good customs. On the other hand are those who support the Socratic view of life that people in general are good even without running the risk of punishment if they are not. So when nobody is looking ... a taxi driver returns the user to the package left on your vehicle, a janitor returns a bulging wallet of money to those who lost, a public official is not no bribe; a member votes according to their conscience and does prevail parliamentary decorum, a judge judges second straight justice, the police will ensure law and order, the average citizen does not look well to whom. Walking in righteousness is the duty of every citizen, even when nobody is looking. As a believer in Jesus, it knows to do what is right, not to be seen "how to please men, but as a servant of Christ, doing the heart, the will of God" and is also aware " that each one if you do something good, get it again from the Lord "(Eph 6.6). Above all, however, we think there is one God who sees everything, "For mine eyes are upon all their ways, nobody hides before me, nor conceals his sin in my eyes" (Jer 16.17) . Even when nobody is looking, we continue to do what is right, be faithful to God, because it is a reward. God says: "My eyes seek out the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he who walks straight path, this will serve me" (Ps 101.6).