I liked the heroic society's idea of virtues, which states that a virtuous person is a person who upholds his role well. I felt that this greatly related to my service learning project. As a pre-med student and an aspiring physician, I hope to, one day, be able to use the knowledge and training that I have gained in medical school, in order to alleviate suffering and save human lives. Thus, my role as a pre-med student right now, is to expose myself to the medical world, and do what I can in order to help those who are suffering from physical injuries. By choosing to volunteer at the hospital to work with very sick pediatric and cancer patients, I felt that I was able to uphold my role.
By volunteering, I was also seeking a specific good, "the good life." We discussed in chapters 14 and 15 that what is good for me, and what is good for man, is the good that we should all be aiming for in life. I do believe that two universal goods in this world are health and happiness. By volunteering my time in the hospital, I felt that I was contributing to helping these patients regain both of these goods.
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