Exhibiting partial bias is a trait that today’s society sees so little of, but this should not be the case. Partial bias is something that families should learn to emulate as this is a stepping stone that can not only help the less fortunate in the society today but also mould the children of today into better human beings that will shape tomorrow. Partial bias is something that shows love and acceptance not only by the parents but also their children and the needy, who benefit from the gesture presented to them. The relevance of this philosophy in the capitalistic society of today will be explained in great detail below.
Firstly, partial bias teaches the biological children morals. Partial bias involves denying luxuries and using the resources available to help provide the basic needs to those who lack in the community (Rachels 229). By doing this, the children learn that they were lucky to have been raised by affluent parents who can provide and in a reverse situation, they would be in the needy ones’ shoes. With this, they learn the value of life and enjoying the company with others who have enough to make them smile and grateful. Also, with this philosophy, the children are imparted with virtues like leadership and compassion as they now feel the responsibility they have in the community. In turn, they learn on how to fulfil their roles in making the community a better place to live in, thus alleviating the spite between those who have in abundance and those who lack.
Secondly, partial bias is a show of the true nature of love. Let us look at the Badeau’s family for example. The family has two children, and they decided to adopt twenty more. Among the children were three who were terminally ill. Would it be possible to take in twenty children, coming from different walks of life, were it not as a gesture of love? This shows that the family was not looking into the similar traits they share, but for one characteristic they all have: they do not have a family that could show them guidance and that they were alone in a world without means of taking care of themselves. They saw it in their hearts to take the bold approach of denying themselves the quiet, comfortable life that an extreme bias family would embrace and involve their lives with people who each come with their burden, and this is in the heart of raising them well with the basic needs they require to grow and the love they duly need from a stable family.
Thirdly, partial bias involves showing concern towards different people in the society. Many of the crimes and disasters that exist in the world over the years are mainly due to the influence the given perpetrators experienced in their lives. For instance, Adolf Hitler grew to be the leader of the Nazi who would do a massive genocide because of his view towards the Jews: racism continues to be a scourge in the society because of the spite that goes back to the years of slavery. It is this spite that creates a negative attitude towards a given society to that is, figuratively speaking, tattooed to its members. This is not only in race but also in tribal and religious differences. Therefore, taking the example of the Badeau family, the children grew up looking at each other not in the manner that siblings look at each other, but even stronger. They develop relationships that traverse blood, colour, and religion. The children understand each other’s flaws and strengths, leaving no room to create their own gangs and mobs. This is because they grow up knowing that the people their family is aiding are not freaks of nature or evil from birth, but people like them, and this will go a long way in eradicating wars and traces of spite in communities.
Finally, it is evident that the use of this philosophy will go a long way in not only affecting the parents and the beneficiaries but also the children of these parents. With them understanding that their parents love them unconditionally, they also develop the mature understanding that their parents, by using the partial bias, are fulfilling their social responsibility of ensuring that no one in the society would starve and lack peace of mind simply because they were not fortunate enough to have provision from their parents, whether well off or deceased. It is with this that a new outlook on life is created, and this is the stepping stone that will lead us closer to the utopia of equality and universal peace (Rachels 231-232).
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Rachels, James. Can Ethics Provide Answers?. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1997.
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