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| | '''Values''' are meta-qualities or [[belief]]s referred to in describing a particular action, in determining whether an action is "good," or "bad." A subject of debate in the [[culture war]]s in America is whether values are ''subjective'' or ''objective'' - that is, whether they can change from person to person, or whether values are absolute qualities created and referenced by some non-human source like [[God]]. | | '''Values''' are meta-qualities or [[belief]]s referred to in describing a particular action, in determining whether an action is "good," or "bad." A subject of debate in the [[culture war]]s in America is whether values are ''subjective'' or ''objective'' - that is, whether they can change from person to person, or whether values are absolute qualities created and referenced by some non-human source like [[God]]. |
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| − | Modern [[Christians]] and other religious people believe that values are absolute, as commanded by God in the [[Ten Commandments]]. In this document, God created certain values which man must abide by, and by which human actions are judged. For example, one absolute value referenced in this document is the [[sanctity of life]], embodied in, "thou shalt not kill." [[Conservative]]s tend to adhere to a very value-based creed. Conservative discourse – such as reference to "value voters" – reflects this alignment. | + | Modern [[Christians]] and other religious people believe that values are absolute, as commanded by God in the [[Ten Commandments]]. In this document, God created certain values which man must abide by, and by which human actions are judged. For example, one absolute value referenced in this document is the [[sanctity of life]], embodied in, "thou shalt not murder." [[Conservative]]s tend to adhere to a very value-based creed. Conservative discourse – such as a reference to "value voters" – reflects this alignment. |
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| − | As [[Dennis Prager]] states, "Be Guided by Values not by Feelings." As the world continues to move more and more to the left people do more as they feel, then live by values. | + | It is also important for one to understand the difference between Values and [[Reason]]. Values can be used to determine good and bad, while reason can be used to determine rational and irrational. |
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| | + | As [[Dennis Prager]] states, "Reason can lead people to all kinds of conclusions. For example, asked if he would kill a disabled baby, a distinguished professor of philosophy at Princeton University responded, “Yes, if that was in the best interests of the baby and of the family as a whole.” Can you offer a purely rational reason why the professor is wrong? The only reason I can offer is a belief that all human beings are created in God’s image and are therefore infinitely precious. But the preciousness of all human life is a belief, not an assertion of reason. The Greeks, the founders of Western reason, thought it quite reasonable to leave sickly babies to die of exposure. The baby would just be a burden on the parents and the state. It was faith-based Jerusalem, the other parent of Western civilization, not reason-based Athens, that taught the world to keep sickly babies alive." <ref>https://www.prageru.com/video/is-evil-rational/</ref> |
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| | + | As the world continues to move more and more to the left people tend to follow reason rather than live by values. |
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| | == See also == | | == See also == |