Moral responsibility Flashcards
“Business!” cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. “Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!”
Marley rues the wrong priorities he held in life. Scrooge has just remarked that Marley was always a good man of business. Marley, distressed, knows that his true business should have been helping people. Readers can infer that the message here doesn’t condemn moneymaking per se, but the emphasis in one’s business should focus on helping others. Marley believed that to be a good businessman—that is, to make profits—he needed to ignore the imperatives of charity, mercy, and forbearance. The overall message here reveals that one may be both a good businessman and a good person.
They are Man’s….And they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. The boy is Ignorance. The girl is Want. Beware of them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.
The Ghost of Christmas Present shelters under his robe two pathetic figures that look like starving children. Here he explains the identities of the figures, or at least what they represent metaphorically: Ignorance and Want. He shelters the two because, in the spirit of Christmas—a day the text encourages people to honor at all times—society should and must take care of the problems of ignorance and want, for the good of all.
I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time… as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time… the only time… when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers….
Scrooge’s nephew Fred explains to Scrooge why he has felt compelled to visit his uncle and wish him a merry Christmas despite Scrooge’s unfriendliness. Fred insists that the spirit of Christmas benefits him even though the spirit does not profit him—a concept foreign to Scrooge. While Fred believes the Christmas spirit comes over him, making him feel charitable, in fact he also embodies and spreads the Christmas spirit through his charity and kindness.
What is the the quote for when Marley feels responsible for mankind
“Mankind was my business”
What is the quote for when The Ghost of Christmas Present shows ignorance and want
“And they cling to me, appealing from their fathers, this one is Ignorance and this one is Want.”
What is the Quote that shows Fred is trying to cheer scrooge up and that he doesnt see profit in Christmas
“I have always thought of Christmas time… as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable”
