<p>Hello! This is my essay from the Blue Book, Practice Test 5. Any and all advice would be appreciated. I’m currently going with 2 examples, but I’m not doing well in transitioning between them. Could someone help me with this?
Thank you!</p>
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A mistakenly cynical view of human behavior holds that people are primarily driven by selfish motives: the desire for wealth, for power, or for fame. Yet history gives us many esamples of individuals who have sacrificed their own welfare for a cause or a principle that they regarded as more important than their own lives. Conscience-that powerful inner voice that tells us what is right and wrong-can be a more compelling force than money, power or fame.</p>
<p>Assignment: Is conscience a more powerful motivator than money fame, or power? **</p>
<p>Conscience is inevitably a much stronger motivator than the tantalizing lures of money, power, or fame. Despite the seeming indifference the perpetrators of heinous acts seem to have, no one can truly escape their conscience. An inner guiding voter is what drives people to make moral and honest decisions, and is often the keystone of money acts of benevolence we see today. The evidence supporting this in literature and philanthropy is very pervasive.</p>
<p>The struggles of Juror 8, the primary protagonist of the play 12 Angry Men, exemplify how ones conscience will always trump a wish for money, fame, or power. 12 Angry Men portrays twelve jurors set to vote on a murder case, where a vote of guilty would result in a death sentence for a teenage boy. A preliminary vote among the jurors reveals Juror 8 as the only one willing to vote innocent. He discloses that he cannot, in good conscience, determine a boys future without first discussing. Given the public pressure on the case, and the outrage and prejudices of his fellow jurors, Juror 8 puts himself in a position of significant animosity among both the public and his fellow jurors. Despite this, his conscience drives him to risk his own welfare and do what he believes to be right. Through his actions, the jury eventually realizes that there exists room for reasonable doubt and that the boy is innocent. Juror 8, through his willingness to speak out, illustrates how a moral conscience can be more powerful than the drive for ones own well being.</p>
<p>The evidence supporting consciences power is further corroborated throught he actions of philanthropist Abdul Satar Edhi. Born to a wealthy oil sheikh in Egypt, Edhi could have easiy followed in the footsteps of many businessmen: exploiting the commonwealth, draining the land of its resources, and then moving on. However, he realized that such actions, while certainly beneficial from a monetary standpoint, were immoral. He renounced his claim to his fathers oil fields then started the Edhi Trust, which today provides support to thousands of innocents who have been financially drained by corrupt businessmen. Abdul Satar Edhi could have chosen the path of wealth and power, ut he heeded his conscience and stepped onto a different path. His actions demonstrate that ultimately, humanitys conscience can be more powerful than the lure of any material gain.</p>
<p>Although the world has witnessed many heinous acts over the years, examples such as Juror 8 from 12 Angry Men and Abdul Satar Edhi illustrate how conscience will ultimately trump all else. Our inner guiding voice is indeed the most powerful force of all. Such rare souls willing to heed their consciences restore faith in humanity and stand out as guiding lights to the rest of the world.</p>