values

A person’s integrity is encompassed by the consideration of his or her personal values, and that person’s upholding of those values as they relate to his or her personal actions.

You Must Drive a GMC Yukon Hybrid. Guzzling gas at the super efficient rate of 22mpg, soccer moms and overly insecure men can ride around feeling good about their protection of the environment so that their misguided children have something to destroy.

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Our culture tends to be highly objective when it comes to our value system. We are in an eternal rush to assimilate objects. Money (our official value symbol) is the "objectification of objects", meaning it represents a universal abstraction of the worth of objects, the market value of objects, if you will. Thus, we "objectively" view objects.

Lately the media has been a huge object of my personal scrutiny. I feel that we put too much value as Americans on what the television portrays about life and how much we buy into that image. So here are some things about television and it's negative effects on society.
Percentage of households that possess at least one television: 99
Number of TV sets in the average U.S. household: 2.24

It’s all about us- the few, the proud, the American. Our values are different- family is no longer the centerpiece of life. We care about ourselves, and our image. Image is everything. Dress to impress. Image sells. Look your best. Work so hard that you don’t rest, then you can keep up with the best. Just tell me how great I am. Do it.

Do people still gather together around the table to eat?

How many times have you said thank you today? How many times have you held the door open for someone else? What about treating others with respect?

These questions used to be important to people at one time. Now, they are lost in the ever dynamic abyss of the world. Our generation today has lost all sorts of morality. "Why is this?", you may ask yourself.