Cause And Effect Essay, Research Paper

Courtesy throughout the generations has deteriorated among everyone. Possible

causes for the decline of courtesy in society are lower standards of morals, the

courtesy we receive ourselves, and the want for materialistic things. With the

demeanor of morals, self-confidence, and values being little to none; courtesy

among ourselves and strangers has diminished. In a whole, society has turned

into greedy and self-absorbed people. The standard morals of now differ highly

from generations ago. People were more giving, helpful, and sympathetic before

my time. The incessant want for materialistic things has turned our generation

into ?green-eyed? monsters. As a result of our selfishness, courtesy among

people in general is now hateful. We respond to people in need in a way that is

egotistic. We feel that we will never have to be in a position of need a dime

for that extra emergency phone call, or we will never have a tire blow-out on

the highway. We, our society, thinks too highly of itself causing us to not be

empathetic. In the same way that moral values affect our kindness and courtesy,

the response we receive from other people affect our reactions. For instance,

when standing in a grocery line being checked out and not having quite the right

change. If a willing person behind you were to spare some change, you would be

more likely to return the favor towards another person short on hand. Similarly,

when driving through heavy traffic; if someone were to cut you off, you would be

more prone to drive offensively. In addition to our moral values and the way

respond to others, we tend to have not realized the importance of human life. We

blow off a kind thank you and not even think of the impact that a compliment

would have on someone. A kind attitude or a courteous gesture shown would give

people a reason to be courteous to others. We take human feelings and random

acts of kindness for granted everyday. An excuse me, or a thank you goes

unnoticed and unappreciated in our daily lives. We assume that a person really

isn?t sorry, or really doesn?t care if you were to get on the first

available elevator even though it was full. This lack of recognition towards

other people?s kindness causes us to not be courteous towards others. It is

always the extra smile you give to your waitress even though she has messed up

your order, and the extra time you waste to let the pregnant mother have your

taxi. On the whole, if we were to be able to recognize the reasons that cause

our inability to be courteous towards others, we would be able to solve it.

It?s that extra mile that people go to show appreciation that people notice,

and give respect to. A kind act shown to us would make us retaliate with kinds

act on other people. Even though our moralistic values and over all quality of

life has declined, we could still stop and think to recognize other people. We

could stop this ongoing issue of not being able to lend a helping hand. The

declination of courtesy towards other people could stop somewhere if one person

would stand up and show a random act of kindness.