Decision Making Without Concrete Evidence Can Lead to Faulty ActionsEssay Preview: Decision Making Without Concrete Evidence Can Lead to Faulty ActionsReport this essayDecision making without concrete evidence can lead to faulty actionsLeaders need to make decisions on the basis of substantiated evidence. Decisions made under other circumstances can cause the observer to doubt the legitimacy of the leaders decision. In the play Doubt: A Parable, by John Patrick Shanley, Sister Aloysius mischievous mind is always looking for ways to over analyse the actions of Father Flynn. She is almost diabolical in her actions to have him removed from the school. Father Flynn, on the other hand, appears only interested in doing what is best for Donald Muller. Unfortunately, his well-intentioned actions make him vulnerable to the suspicious Sister Aloysius. Sister Aloysius certainty that innocent actions are harmful causes her to unfairly judge Father Flynn.
Sister Aloysius unfairly judges Father Flynns sermons and suspects his motives. At this point Sister Aloysius has only suspicions that Father Flynn could be in Doubt or knows someone that is. While speaking to Sister James, Sister Aloysius indicates her concerns about Father Flynns and indicates that by saying “Well, sermons come from somewhere, dont they? Is Father Flynn in Doubt, is he concerned that someone else is in Doubt?” (Shanley 14). Sister Aloysius does not have any substantiated evidence of Father Flynn, as she only has her suspicions. One of her major character flaw is that she harbors a deep mistrust in her students, fellow sergman and society itself. So far, all she knew at that point was that Father Flynn grabbed a boys wrists, and that he was talking about Doubt in one of his sermons. Father Flynn said later on in the book that his sermons are not true stories because lies make for a better sermon. “Im sorry, Im not forthright, but I must be careful not to create something. I can only say I am confused, perhaps needless, about matters in St. Nicolas School,” Sister Aloysius remarks. (15) You can tell by this quote that she has some negative thoughts about the incident with Donald Muller, as she assumes that Father Flynn is having inappropriate behaviour toward Donald Muller. She is trying rephrasing it so it is less obvious of her concerns and assumptions.
Sister Aloysius negatively judges Father Flynns interest in promoting a closer relationship between the Church and the community because she feels it is an inappropriate way to interact with the students and community. “But were not members of their family. Were different..And they think were different. The working class people of this parish trust us to be different” (30) Sister Aloysius remarks. Sister Aloysius believes that because they are a Catholic school, they must stay true to their vows that the school believes in. She believes that the rules are in place for a reason, and to be true to God, she must obey the oath that she took to become a Sister. Anything that challenges the operation of the school, and is out of line, she would not stand for. Therefore, she did not believe in the recommendation of changing the way things were already being run. The traditions of the Roman Catholic Church form the back bone of the rules
Sister Aloysius also says that the students, particularly the young people of St. Augustine’s basilica, would be better off under a different system of Catholic rule. She tells the students that she has a moral point about this, and she believes that they would be better off doing what is required to be Catholic. “If they are like me, they have no option but to go with others… [but] we are all children from the same parents by the same marriage… ͈ (31) Sister Aloysius remarks. As stated above, Sister Flynns said that because they are a Catholic school, they must stay true to their vows that the school believes in. She believes that the rules are in place for a reason, and to be true to God, she must obey the oath that she took to become a Sister. Anything that challenges the operation of the school, and is out of line, they would not stand for. Therefore, she did not believe in the recommendation of changing the way things were already being run. The traditions of the Roman Catholic Church form the back bone of the rules
Sister Aloysius also said that the students, particularly the young people of St. Augustine’s basilica, would be better off under a different system of Catholic rule. She tells the students that she has a moral point about this, and she believes that they would be better off doing what is required to be Catholic. In Catholic schools, there exists a hierarchy, the “higher orders” that are accountable for all matters that are of public concern. A hierarchy, in short, is the church-led order of things. It operates as the governing structure of the community, but it does not govern itself and no one can command the highest order by himself. Instead, the church-led order is what allows the hierarchy to function within the larger society. The hierarchy that exists in Catholic schools has a very high level of accountability. It has to have leadership to keep order, and a strong sense of morals. For example, when they want to run a Catholic school that doesn’t conform to Catholic ideals, there usually is a high level of accountability and the higher order can run it as a part of some system of law or practice, such as a higher law school. The higher order then has to decide who will lead the charge of the administration within the community and what they will do to maintain order. It is up to the hierarchy not only to be aware of its responsibilities, but also to make sure the administration and student safety are top of mind. The hierarchy that exists in Catholic schools, is largely done through a hierarchical relationship. At the church level, the hierarchy has to obey the laws of its order, and keep the lower orders in line. Therefore, the higher orders can try to steer an administration within their own order, and be the ones controlling the community in the process of governing the Catholic school.
The church then can control who can run the administration. The higher order has to decide where it will lead and who it is supposed to serve. There are certain areas of the hierarchy where accountability and discipline come handy for the higher and higher orders. The rules of the church-led order, for example, is that every child should learn about the law of God and to obey it according to its rules, regardless of whether it violates them or not.
In Catholic schools, there exists a hierarchy, the “higher orders” that are accountable for all matters that are of public concern. A hierarchy, in short, is the church-led order of things. It operates as the governing structure of the community, but it does not govern itself and no