Assert American Values

Particularly when comparing these two articles, it was difficult to find similarities. Considering this, in both articles the authors state their personal opinion using specific diction. In fact, in “Time to Assert American Values” the author states their opinion on the matter on several occasions. One of these occasions is when the author says, “ Western countries value the individual above society; in Asia, he said, the good of society is deemed more important that individual liberties. This comfortable bit of sophistry helps government from China and Indonesia rationalize abuse and marginalize courageous people who campaign for causes like due process and freedom from torture” (“Time to Assert American Values” 179). While the author’s use of his or her opinion can appeal to a reader's ethos, it can also make their argument powerless. In “Rough Justice” by Alejandro Reyes, the use of his personal opinion is so small that you barely notice the use of

There are many traits that a person should have to be considered a good American. First he needs to be patriotic. He should possess both a personal and moral Courage, have integrity, loyalty and honor, and demonstrate selfless Service. A man’s love for his country reveals a lot about his true self. Secondly, a good american should have respect. Respect for themselves, others and authority. He should always take responsibility for his actions, contribute to society and take initiative to make things better when he can. A good american should be content and grateful for what he has and always have compassion and forgiveness towards

What it means to be American? Everybody you ask this question to will have a completely different response. Some responses might have similarities but none will be exactly the same. In the beginning of the year my response was “To be an American means having a rich history, having opportunities to better ourselves, and having freedoms.” Unfortunately not everyone has had the same opportunities or freedoms. Native Americans, who are indigenous, dealt with having their freedoms taken away, less opportunities even though they had rich history in this land before it was taken away from them. Look at what Zitkala-Sa endured. Not only that, but African Americans have fought long and hard for freedom and equality as well. W.E.B. Du Bois stood for

In the speech “The Spirit of Liberty ”Learned Hand says, ”Liberty lies in the heart of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much help.” I agree with Hand because if the people think they have no liberty and can never get it they won't fight for liberty. For me to be an American means to have freedom as a whole, equality, and justice.The most important Ideals related to being an American are equality, freedom and justice

How does our generation define what it means to be “American”? Being in America gives us the freedom to become who we want to be and, to do what we want to do. We are using technology to get places or to make a point. We want to support things we don’t know anything about. For example, Black Lives Matter. I’m not saying I know everything about it but I know enough. So one day as I was scrolling through Facebook I came across a post. The post was about a 9/11 “Never Forget” picture. A teen one or two older than me had said something along the lines of “When is our never forget day?” along with the hashtag “#Blacklivesmatter”. I got pretty upset by that. Not to mention it was said on 9/11. I was thinking about how they have a whole month to

To start off, “Time to Assert American Values” , by New York Times, the author tries to convince the reader that what happened to Michael Fay was wrong and that Singapore way of punishment is cruel and eccentric. In the article, the main argument was shown in this quote “People who were misfits in their own society because they believed, among other things, that it was wrong to punish pilferage with hanging or crimes of any sort with torture” ( New York Times 180). New York Times claims that people in the U.S should stand up for what happened to Michael Fay because as Americans we stand up for cruel actions and torture. The author uses Empirical evidence to sum up the American beliefs. In this article most of the evidence continues to be more opinionated and a generalization of How America feels. For example “While this country cannot dictate to the government of Singapore, no one should fail to exhort it to behave mercifully” ( New York Times 180). Most of the

R.E.M. ....Religious, educational and moral values. These are the three values that affect society today the most, I think. Society may look down on people if they do not live by what society thinks is correct. For example if a persons values are corrupt then society will look down on that person, but if a person has real high morals then society will think that they are fake of just a “goodie”. In society today you will be looked down anyway your moral beliefs are.

For the past year I have been in America to explore what it meant to be an American.

In the stories “Time to Assert American Values” and “Rough Justice” one of the stories have evidence that can be researched and the other one just have information that tell the reader what exactly is going on in the other countries around the world. What that means is in one of the stories I can look up anything about the text and it might be true it might not but in the other story all you have is what the author tells you and sometimes that not good because they don’t depend on facts they depends on statements.

Being an American it means to respect the freedoms as an American whether you agree or disagree with the choices our country makes. Not everybody agrees with the way our country is run but it's still up to all the American people to respect the law and our freedoms. As an American you have many freedoms that don't restrain you from any religion or group and any color or gender can be an American. You should respect your rights as an American.

The concept of moral relativism means that there is no absolute standard to morality. Thus, moral tests are relative to ones’ own culture. In the West torturing, or “enhanced interrogation” is not compatible with our culture whatsoever. Conversely, letting hundreds or thousands of people in a metropolitan city die because of moral standards to not commit torture during interrogation also seems immoral. Herein lies the moral dilemma. If one believes David Hume’s statement of “The wise man ought to proportion his belief to the evidence” then the commission of torture during interrogation to save many lives would seem almost inevitable.

How can we promote Americanism and Love of our Country? As Americans, we can promote Americanism and Love of Country by saying the Pledge of Allegiance, displaying the American flag, and sing the National Anthem at important events like ceremonies, including sports and concerts.

By contrast, the United States’ cause is just. The United States is defending justice and liberty; indeed, these two values are “true and unchanging for all people everywhere. No nation owns these aspirations, and no nation is exempt from them.” And while the United States does not seek to impose its values and way of life on others, “America will always stand firm for the non-negotiable demands of human dignity: the rule of law; limits on the power of the state; respect for women; private property; free speech; equal justice; and religious tolerance (January 29, 2002).” Or, in the words of Dr. Condoleezza Rice – speaking as the Adviser to the President for National Security – you “cannot condemn al Qaeda and hug Hamas. United States draws

This is what I would do to promote americanism and love of country. I’m going to be talking about how much I love to live in this amazing country and how proud I am to be an American. I’m glad to be an american because there are so many nice people in America. And there are so many places you can go in America. The country I live in is awesome. I’m also proud to be an american because I’ll be safe because I know the people in the navy and other people will keep me safe. I love this country because there are so many places you can go. I love how there is so many things you can do in America like you can play sports, and I don’t know what I would do if there wasn’t any sports. And I hope people would

For this reason I will again turn to Okin (1999) to describe a claim made in the name of cultural rights and “in the context of basically liberal democracies” (p10) that “minority cultures or ways of life are not sufficiently protected by the practice of ensuring the individual rights of their members, and as a consequence these should also be protected through special group rights or privileges” (p11). This claim is at the forefront of many contemporary discussions around cultural group rights and even more specifically the claim that groups, “even the illiberal ones that violate their individual members’ rights, requiring them to conform to group beliefs or norms- have the right to be “left alone” in a liberal society” (Okin, 1999; p11). The latter is the claim I will be arguing against using the case study of FGC as an example of why torture is not culture and therefore should not be “left alone.”