Storm Mentality Spawns Ethics Discussions

While Minnesota digs out from a second snow storm in as many weeks, the news programs have picked up some interesting human interest angles - people helping people. There seems to be a "storm mentality" that touches people's desire to help others in a way that's not normally so present.

Well, kudos to all those who are shoveling neighbors' walks, pushing strangers' cars and cleaning off coworkers' windshields. But kudos also to the media for highlighting ordinary people doing extraordinary things. The news stories spawn discussions about reaching out; about helping people whether or not they "deserve it;" about anonymous acts of kindness.

The more people talk about it, the more people are open to doing it. The more people are open to doing it, the better off we will all be. Mature ethical behavior spawns ethics discussions. And the discussions spawn action. It comes down to "Starting With Me."