mariacas

Now I have been a blood donor for nearly one year and donated blood three times. After the first time they are a lot calmer and doesn’t expect you to faint as much as they maybe did the first time. I myself have also gotten a lot calmer donating blood but it still makes me feel glad. Every time I donate blood I also donate the small sum of money for compensating the donor to the union for blood disease, as I have a friend who has a blood disease. I do try to convince others to also become blood donors as blood shortage do sometimes occur. But I would still not like to guilt other into donating blood since there are some who are afraid of needles as such. However there are many who could donate blood and does simply not choose to. These people always make me reflect of what makes you ethical or unethical. Does the absence of an act make one unethical or is it only the act itself? When I think about that I just think of all the things that I should do that I don’t. I may be partly vegetarian, a blood donor and a person who usually takes the bus or bike but there is always more to be done. I am for example not donating as much I possibly could to various help organizations, I often take the cheaper food alternative rather than the more expensive and also more ethically correct choice. I am a consumer and it feels as if there is no way out of it. Many people defend their indifference with the argument that there is no difference if only one person does or does not do something. That is true but then there is also the argument that if many individuals do something it has an effect. Therefore I will continue to do my best for the world around me even if I am the only one doing it.