Pamela Suzanne Lim/To what extent is today’s fast –paced society a detriment to people’s lives?

4. To what extent is today’s fast –paced society a detriment to people’s lives?

Some may argue that today’s fast-paced society is a detriment to people’s lives when their drive for individualism is at the expense of their moral values. A very clear cut example was the incident whereby former Chief Executive Officer of the National Kidney Foundation Singapore (NKF) T.T. Durai was found guilty of misleading the charitable organisation with a falsified invoice of twenty thousand which was allegedly for interior design consultancy work done by David Tan, director of the design firm. The consequence he faced was to serve a three month jail term. This example clearly shows an individual who sought out to do good deeds, eventually ended up misappropriating funds for personal gains. The fast paced society pressurizes people to feel the need to be in large possession of money. It is inevitable that people would think of the quickest way to gain access to money. Unfortunately, in the process people often resort to underhand means because of greed and lose their moral values. However, we must not discredit those who are righteous. In fact it is only a minority group that would sacrifice their moral values at the expense of their moral values. We must trust that most individuals have their own sense of civic mindedness as long as we are reliant on each other. The strive for individualism generally only weakens one’s moral value but does the not destroy completely them. Thus on the whole I feel that today’s fast –paced society is a weak detriment to people’s lives