Alexandria Griffith: Outside reading

 In the book I have been reading (why it is OK to mind your own business), there is a lot of conversation about morality. The book talks a lot about what is and is not morally right and wrong. The part I am currently reading about is titled the moralizer. The section talks about people who push their moral beliefs on others, and touches on how it can be ok and not ok to share your moral beliefs. Some may believe that it is okay to share your moral beliefs if it will better an individual. For instance, if someone is an avid smoker, it would be best for them to quit smoking. Right? But, who will share this view. Telling someone they need to quit smoking can be helpful but also harmful. In many situations it can depend on WHO is sharing the moral idea. If a random person were to come up to you and claim you need to stop smoking that would most likely not be the moment in which you decide to stop. In many cases someone would most likely be caught off guard and even offended that another has decided to tell a stranger that they do not know how to live. In another example, if you are to go to your doctor and they tell you to stop smoking that would be different. Both the stranger and doctor saying you need to stop smoking holds the same meaning, but the delivery is different. Both the stranger and doctor may feel morally obligated to inform you about the reasons in which you should stop smoking but the connections matter in this instance. This is something that people can forget and that I have been learning about more in my book.

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