It is more harmful to compromise one's own beliefs than to adhere to them.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
While some would argue that it is more harmful to compromise one's own beliefs than to adhere with them, I largely disagree with this position. As people grow older, their views evolve and adapt: often times for the better. Furthermore, with the wide array of beliefs in the world today, if no one compromised on their views, nothing would ever get done. On the flip side, however, sometimes people compromise their views for less than noble reasons such as money or power. Hence, while one should not compromise their views for ignoble reasons, they should largely keep an open mind when it comes to their beliefs.
Firstly, people change all the time: they evolve and they grow. Hence, it is impractical to state that it is better for people to always hold the same beliefs. There are many cases where people's previous beliefs were unequivocally wrong. Joe Biden, for example, used to believe that bussing was an appropriate response to segregation in schools. However, throughout the years he has been able to evolve his opinions on the matter to a more compassionate and empathetic place. If people are not allowed to change their views over time, then people with toxic negative views will remain in that mindset for an eternity.
Furthermore, if everyone decided to not compromise on a single one of their beliefs, the world would become a very contentious place to live in. Take for example the current division amongst the liberals and conservatives in the United States when it comes to issues of immigration reform. Many conservatives believe that illegal immigration must be dealt with a heavy and unyielding hand, while liberals believe that a pathway to citizenship is a better solution. If neither side compromised their beliefs, nothing would ever be done. Hence, in some situations such as this, opposing sides must give and take on different matters: conservatives were able to allocate more funding to border security while liberals were able to overturn the Republican led immigration bans from certain countries. Hence, it is sometimes better to compromise on some beliefs for the greater good.
However, there are some cases where someone does not change their beliefs in lieu of better more well-thought ones or in order to come to an understanding with opposing sides. Sometimes, people compromise their beliefs because of undue peer pressure or for more nefarious reasons such as money or prestige. Take for example, many american politicians who are heavily influenced by their campaign donors. Many corporate Democrats, while running on progressive ideas such as corporate tax reform, will often get nothing done during their tenure because of the large contributions made to them by corporations themselves. Thus, in some cases, it is more harmful to compromise your beliefs than to stick by your values.
People's beliefs are complex and fluid. Sometimes people change their beliefs for ignoble reasons, however, in most cases, people espouse better beliefs based on gained knowledge or experience or compromise some of their views in hopes of moving to a better place with the opposing side. Hence, unless it is coming from a bad place of mind, it is better to keep one's mind open when it comes to their beliefs.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, furthermore, hence, however, if, so, then, thus, well, while, for example, such as, in most cases, in some cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 14.8657303371 87% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 44.0 33.0505617978 133% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 69.0 58.6224719101 118% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2728.0 2235.4752809 122% => OK
No of words: 535.0 442.535393258 121% => OK
Chars per words: 5.09906542056 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.80937282943 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.62152714592 2.79657885939 94% => OK
Unique words: 246.0 215.323595506 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.459813084112 0.4932671777 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 869.4 704.065955056 123% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 1.0 4.99550561798 20% => OK
Subordination: 10.0 3.10617977528 322% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 53.2909598337 60.3974514979 88% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.12 118.986275619 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.4 23.4991977007 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.32 5.21951772744 102% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.1690097703 0.243740707755 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0605722478963 0.0831039109588 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0596102064696 0.0758088955206 79% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.110003310665 0.150359130593 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0532788096149 0.0667264976115 80% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.3 14.1392134831 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 48.8420337079 103% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.3 12.1639044944 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.92 8.38706741573 94% => OK
difficult_words: 110.0 100.480337079 109% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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