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.
In this era of individualism, most people have their own belief system and prefer to maintain their thoughts and ideas because they see compromise as a sign of weakness. Some may argue that it is more harmful to compromise one's beliefs than to adhere to them because compromising would yield lousy results. However, I believe that compromise can be necessary and beneficial to individuals and nations.
Granted, compromising one's belief, in some cases, would engender detrimental effects, so it is indispensable to adhere to one's own view, especially for researchers and scientists. Take Galileo Galilei, for example. Galilei, as a distinguished astronomer, firmly held the heliocentric model, which stated that the Sun is the center of the Universe. At the same time, most people during this era followed geocentric belief, the notion that the Earth is the center of the world. As Galilei's idea contradicted the opinion of Catholicism, the catholic church chastened him and eventually put him under home arrest. However, he endured the isolation and put up criticism to prove his theory was correct, which ultimately rectified a misconception regarding geocentrism and brought today's tremendous advancement in astronomy. All things considered, sometimes people should adhere to their principles because compromise can be an indicator of weaknesses.
However, for political and government leaders, it is more efficient to compromise their beliefs to ensure the well-being and safety of their people. Presidents are often put in place where they have to negotiate with other countries. For example, President John F. Kennedy rallied the United States in the Cuban Missile Crisis, in which the United States and the Soviet Union came near a war. Although Kennedy could have claimed that the United States was more powerful and stood firmly against its enemies, he made efforts to reach a common ground with the Soviet Union. With a compromise, the Soviet leader offered to remove missiles in Cuba in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba. Through Kennedy's negotiation, he prevented another massive war from occurring and also sustained the peace in the world, which reassured the public who was anxious about the possibility of war outbreaking. Hence, political leaders should learn to compromise their beliefs on behalf of their nation rather than viewing compromise as a sign of weakness,
Moreover, compromise can prove to be efficient not only on a national level but also on an international scale. The Kyoto Protocol is a compelling example demonstrating negotiation's positive effects. Given the world's exponential increase in greenhouse gas emissions due to industrialization, the developed countries understood that they must cooperate to solve the urgent environmental problems. Under the principle of "common but differential responsibility and respective capability," all the countries agreed to limit and reduce the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions. This settlement has manifested the effectiveness of global efforts. Therefore, leaders and organizations should compromise their beliefs because doing so would not be harmful.
In conclusion, although adhering to one's belief might be essential sometimes, one should understand that compromise can be beneficial in the long run. Negotiation skills have proved advantageous in both past and present and will be helpful in the future.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 180, Rule ID: MASS_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Possible agreement error - use third-person verb forms for singular and mass nouns: 'argues'.
Suggestion: argues
...promise as a sign of weakness. Some may argue that it is more harmful to compromise o...
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Line 1, column 224, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...e that it is more harmful to compromise ones beliefs than to adhere to them because ...
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Line 3, column 23, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
... and nations. Granted, compromising ones belief, in some cases, would engender ...
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Line 3, column 35, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
.... Granted, compromising ones belief, in some cases, would engender detrimenta...
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Line 5, column 1051, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...iewing compromise as a sign of weakness, Moreover, compromise can prove to be eff...
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Line 7, column 490, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
...responsibility and respective capability,' all the countries agreed to limit and ...
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Line 9, column 37, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
... In conclusion, although adhering to ones belief might be essential sometimes, on...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, hence, however, if, may, moreover, regarding, so, therefore, well, for example, in conclusion, in some cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 19.5258426966 92% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 12.4196629213 129% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 14.8657303371 135% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 33.0 33.0505617978 100% => OK
Preposition: 65.0 58.6224719101 111% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 12.9106741573 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2910.0 2235.4752809 130% => OK
No of words: 525.0 442.535393258 119% => OK
Chars per words: 5.54285714286 5.05705443957 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.78673985869 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.11162781585 2.79657885939 111% => OK
Unique words: 296.0 215.323595506 137% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.56380952381 0.4932671777 114% => OK
syllable_count: 910.8 704.065955056 129% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 53.9529276314 60.3974514979 89% => OK
Chars per sentence: 116.4 118.986275619 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.0 23.4991977007 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.76 5.21951772744 91% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.83258426966 166% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.195078479119 0.243740707755 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0511948591444 0.0831039109588 62% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0454705892403 0.0758088955206 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.107795515032 0.150359130593 72% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0351756496512 0.0667264976115 53% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.2 14.1392134831 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 48.8420337079 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 12.1743820225 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.85 12.1639044944 122% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.76 8.38706741573 116% => OK
difficult_words: 169.0 100.480337079 168% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 180, Rule ID: MASS_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Possible agreement error - use third-person verb forms for singular and mass nouns: 'argues'.
Suggestion: argues
...promise as a sign of weakness. Some may argue that it is more harmful to compromise o...
^^^^^
Line 1, column 224, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...e that it is more harmful to compromise ones beliefs than to adhere to them because ...
^^^^
Line 3, column 23, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
... and nations. Granted, compromising ones belief, in some cases, would engender ...
^^^^
Line 3, column 35, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
.... Granted, compromising ones belief, in some cases, would engender detrimenta...
^^
Line 5, column 1051, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...iewing compromise as a sign of weakness, Moreover, compromise can prove to be eff...
^^^^^
Line 7, column 490, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
...responsibility and respective capability,' all the countries agreed to limit and ...
^^^^^^
Line 9, column 37, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
... In conclusion, although adhering to ones belief might be essential sometimes, on...
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, hence, however, if, may, moreover, regarding, so, therefore, well, for example, in conclusion, in some cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 19.5258426966 92% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 12.4196629213 129% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 14.8657303371 135% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 33.0 33.0505617978 100% => OK
Preposition: 65.0 58.6224719101 111% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 12.9106741573 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2910.0 2235.4752809 130% => OK
No of words: 525.0 442.535393258 119% => OK
Chars per words: 5.54285714286 5.05705443957 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.78673985869 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.11162781585 2.79657885939 111% => OK
Unique words: 296.0 215.323595506 137% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.56380952381 0.4932671777 114% => OK
syllable_count: 910.8 704.065955056 129% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 53.9529276314 60.3974514979 89% => OK
Chars per sentence: 116.4 118.986275619 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.0 23.4991977007 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.76 5.21951772744 91% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.83258426966 166% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.195078479119 0.243740707755 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0511948591444 0.0831039109588 62% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0454705892403 0.0758088955206 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.107795515032 0.150359130593 72% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0351756496512 0.0667264976115 53% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.2 14.1392134831 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 48.8420337079 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 12.1743820225 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.85 12.1639044944 122% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.76 8.38706741573 116% => OK
difficult_words: 169.0 100.480337079 168% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.