Another Day in Paradise Themes

In the song Anotehr Day in Paridise by Phil Collins a homless woman asks passerbys for help with no avail. The four ethical experiences are showcased through the song…The lady asking for help in Phil Collins Another day in paradeis startles people towards the action of helping but they later make the choice to either help the person or ignore them completely . The cry for help is an appeal that urges us to act instantaneously. If the person decided to help the homeless women then she would not stay in the persons memory. When people walk away from a homeless person or anyone asking for help their faces take a person hostage and give a feeling of guilt to the  individual. The next ethical experience, the feeling of obligation, is visible in the song when people begin to ignore the homeless women. As children people have been raised to think of homeless people as the lowest of the low, they are thought of as drug addicts, crazies, and as lazy people how will not go out and get a job. The police in different areas of the world say to not give money to the homeless .  this has now become a part of the rules and guidelines we follow to govern ourselves and the morals we grew up with. The last ethical experience,  the experience of contrast, plays into the song very subtly. The person that passes the homeless women in the streets may say that what is happening to the homeless is horrible and unfair, they may be outraged but they believe that the next person who comes along will solve their problems and they do nothing to fix the situation. This song even though it was written so long ago still reflects our situation in the moder day world and our views and actions towards homeless people. Using this song and the ethica experinces shown we can learn how to change our responses so that they can benefirt all of society.

In the song Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins, a homeless woman asks passersby for help with no avail. The four ethical experiences are showcased through the song. The lady asking for help, the experience of personal response startles people to begin to help her but they later make the choice to either help the woman or ignore her completely. In the song all the people walking by ignored her. / The cry for help is an appeal that urges us to act instantaneously. In the experience of the other, if a person decided to help the woman then she would not stay in the person's memory, they would not feel the guilt they would have felt if they ignored her. When people walk away from a homeless person or anyone asking for help, their face take a person hostage and gives a feeling of guilt to the individual. The next ethical experience, the feeling of obligation, is visible in the song when people continuously ignore the homeless woman. As children, people have been raised to think of homeless people as the lowest of the low. They are thought of as drug addicts, mental, and people who do not have the will to go out and get a job. The police in different areas of the world tell others to not give money to the homeless. This has now become a part of the rules and guidelines we follow to govern ourselves and have become the morals we grow up with. The last ethical experience, the experience of contrast, plays into the song very subtly. The person that passes the homeless women in the streets may say that what is happening to the homeless is horrible and unfair. They may be outraged but they believe that the next person who comes along will solve their problems and so they do nothing to fix the situation. Although the song was written so long ago(1989), it still reflects our situation in the modern day world and our views and actions towards homeless people. Using this song and the ethical experiences shown we can learn how to change our responses so that they benefit society.