Surely we can see there being many disadvantages with acting impulsively such as Macbeth did when he murdered Macduff’s family and servants but there are also many advantages to acting impulsively as well. When we as humans act impulsively we act solely based on our truest emotions and deepest beliefs. The reason I say this is because if we always calculate every action we take we may not make the proper decision in time, an example of such would be when the twenty four year old marine known as Kyle Carpenter jumped on a live grenade to protect his colleague and fellow patriot without thinking about the possible dangers of losing limbs or even his life. Luckily they both survived, but without this impulsive act of courage to save someone else’s