Immanuel Kant Blog Post

            A personal anecdote that is related to me in terms of the categorical imperative is when in 5th grade I stood up for a girl who was being bullied because she was new to the school. The bullies were my classmates who picked on the girl from the way she dressed to the way she talked when she had to present something to the class as an class assignment. Watching this everyday and knowing it was wrong made me guiltier by the day. I had to take a stand against it. The way I handled is by talking to her, being with her constantly and telling my friends to be friends with her too, this way she wouldn't be bothered. This stopped the situation without violence or hatred soon the bullies forgot about her and moved on and from that I earned a new best friend. This is related to the categorical imperative because if I was in her situation I would want someone to stand up for me and accept me that way I won't be furthered bullied.

girl being bullied

 Aristotle Character Types

          Aristotle created may character types that we still use today in he real world.

Virtuous character is a person who knows the right thing to do, and does it. They gladly decide the right action. In my world an example of virtuous would be my Mom. My mom is the most selfless person I know in my world. She always puts me and my siblings ahead of me. She is virtuous character because she knows its right for her to put her kids before herself and she gladly does it, no matter what the situation is. Although there are many examples where my mom showed her virtuous character the one that stuck out to me the most is when she gets back from work and always asks her kids what they want to eat, she has had a long day therefore she still thinks about us before her, which is the right to do.


A continent character knows the right decision, but struggles against desire.  An example of a continent character in my world would be my sister. When I am in trouble she has to stand up for me and this is the right decision because it is her responsibility as an older sister to watch over me. She struggles against it because she also wants to get me in trouble and learn from my mistakes. At the end she still sticks up for me which is right but she struggles against it.



A incontinent character is able to make the right decision but suffers from weakness or will, desire overcomes them. In the novel Never fall down a young character Yong is incontinent because he knew in times of trouble he had to save his sister from the Khmer rouge but he didn't do it and struggles because he was worried about his own life.He knew it was right to save her but he struggled because he didn't want to put his own life in danger.

The Book

A vicious character knows that the decision is morally wrong and desires the same. A character that is vicious is General Wantabe, a Japanese commander in charge of a POW camp in japan during the World War II. He treated American prisoners very harshly and brutally when it was wrong and against the rules. He still continued to torture the American soldiers held as prisoners.

Genral Wantabe

Summer 2014

The beginning of summer is always a start of something new and exciting. Schools come to a close and all of a sudden you have a lot of time on your hands to do anything you feel like doing. This summer was a laid back summer for me and family but there were some opportunities to go out and have fun. Of course the beach was a automatic destination we thought of on a hot day to go and relax. Although this beach visit was unexpected it turned out to be quite fun.

This summer I also got to spend some quality time with my sister. Being in college and staying there throughout the school year would never give us a chance to meet, but summer brings the excitement to spend time with her. This summer we spent some time at the Hopkinton Park. There we followed some trails and had a picnic and in the evening we relaxed and had a fun competition of badminton. I captured a picture of us so that i would remember this day and how much fun we had together.

Summer 2014 also brought tragedies to the town of Lowell and our country as a whole.

On July 10  3 floor apartment building caught on fire in the town of Lowell. This tragedy consumed the lives of four adults and three children. This fire erupted on the third floor, thankfully the firefighters made it on time to prevent further damage to the area around this location.

Lowell fire

Market Basket

Through out the summer another news breaking story hit the shelves. Market Basket the grocery serving store to many states had internal issues with co-workers making the grocery's unavailable to the public. Although this issue was internal arguments it affected the lives of many individuals. it left most people with no jobs including some of my friends. This issues does seem to be solved out by now but it still made a huge difference in the lives of many this summer.