<p>Hey can you grade my essay i wrote? The topic is: "Is conscience a more powerful motivator than money, power, or fame?" And also does handwriting affect the grade? My handwriting is pretty bad.</p>
<p>As history shows us , conscience can, in many circumstance, be a more powerful motivator than money, fame, or power. Conscience is a person's innate drive to do good and strive for the betterment of mankind. This is depicted throughout the struggles of African Americans in American history and by the results of the Sikh genocide in India.
The conscience of many citizens during the period of American history where African Americans were discriminated against has reaped results. In 1644, AMerican farmers started to enslave African AMericans, and forced them to do their bidding. Many African Americans acquiesced to the demands of the farmers because the farmers punished those that disobeyed their orders. As time proceeded, abolitionists rose and tried to free these enslaved people. One of these abolitionists was Abraham Lincoln, who became the president of the United States in 1860. Contrary to popular belief, Abraham Lincoln's family owned enslaved people, which inevitably persuaded Abraham Lincoln to despise this institution. Many abolitionists manipulated Lincoln's conscience in to believing that slavery was an inhumane form of labor, which should be eradicate. After he won the 1860 election, Lincoln started the NAACP, the national association for the advancement of colored people. This was mainly due to his daughter's play at his conscience. He then outlawed slavery, and incepted the movement for Civil Rights. If Abraham Lincoln's conscience was not utilized, slavery may still be a national establishment today.
The result of the sikh genocide also depicts how human conscience can have a bigger impact on one's actions than the rewards of extrinsic motivation. The Sikh genocide was an organized government killing of the Sikh people, in 1984. Due to the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her two Sikh body guard, her son Rajiv Gandhi started a massive killing of the Sikh people. As stated by in the 2007 edition of the Indian times, around 7,300 Sikh men, women and children were brutally murdered. Today, many years later, Sikhs are revered highly in India as a crucial part of the Indian people. The citizens of India have realized their mistake, and are now attempting to assuage the tensions between the Hindus and Sikhs by offering reparations, monetary gifts to the Sikh people who have suffered losses during the genocide. Although these reparations can not fully justify the Sikh's losses of family members, it shows how the citizens of deeply regret their mistake, and now are attempting to appease the Sikh people. The Sikh's have recognized their effort, which has resulted in a mitigated relationship between the Hindus and the Sikhs.
The atrocities faced by African AMericans during American history and the struggles of the Sikh people during the Sikh genocide depict how conscience of individuals can play a bigger role than extrinsic motivators.</p>