Journal 6- Franklin's Autobiography

1. Explain what was involved in Franklin’s plan for self-perfection?   What conclusion did Franklin come to regarding the effectiveness of this plan?

1. Franklin’s plan for self- perfection was to follow the thirteen virtues he saw as the most important and try to make them habits. He made a schedule and for every day of the week he would grade himself on how he felt he lived his life according to that virtue every day. He spaced out which virtue he would work on to make habit so he wouldn’t be overwhelmed. Franklin found that is plan was overall effective because he thinks that he became a better person, but he never achieved the perfection. He thinks it is important that as a person for have some flaws in your life because that in the end is what makes you a human because we aren’t meant to be perfect.

2. Do you feel that a plan such as Franklin’s would improve you as a person?  Why or why not?  What would be your top five virtues?             

I think that Franklin’s plan to achieve self-perfection would not improve me as a person because if you work so hard on trying to become a perfect human you lose the true meaning of being a human because having imperfections is a big part of everyone’s life. Having flaws makes you a human and allows you to have humility and understand what it means to be imperfect. The top five virtues for me to follow to achieve self-perfection are: honesty, humility, responsibility, moderation, and sincerity.