The Is Not Destroying American Culture

In “The Death of Honesty,” William Damon raises the concern that current apathy towards increasing dishonesty threatens democracy. In this essay taken from the online volume “Endangered Virtues ” published by the Hoover Institute in 2012, Damon initially concedes that there are situations where lying could be considered acceptable. However, with that being acknowledged, he transitions to his main premise that honesty is losing its importance in society and will lead to its downfall, and he cites examples in politics, law, journalism, and business in contemporary society where dishonesty is expected, and even, condoned. Damon finally directs his remarks pointedly at teachers and current students who accept cheating in schools. To persuade

America’s founding documents form the bedrock of the United States. Their truths are self-evident, but they are also revolutionary and innovative—they remain as important to affirming freedom, protecting liberty, and promoting equality as ever.

As Ericsson begins to introduce her topic, she says “We lie. We all do. We exaggerate, we minimize, we avoid confrontation, we spare people’s feelings, we conveniently forget, we keep secrets, we justify lying to the big-guy institutions.” (Ericsson, 495). The fact that she repeats the word “we” conveys how she is not accusing anyone of lying.

All of the above, Kant was the philosopher of human autonomy. He was of the view that human beings can determine and manage to live up to the basic principles of knowledge and action without assistance of anyone else, even without any divine support or intervention (Guyer). In this paper we will discuss the extent to which Kant's view of human nature provides a sustainable ground work for his views on the relationship between nations. In order to determine this, different opinions of Kant will be discussed regarding what his views about the human nature and how he compared it with the nations or states.

Psychological egoism is the interpretation that humans are always inspired by self-interest, even in what seem to be acts of altruism. It claims that, when people choose to help others, they do so ultimately because of the personal benefits that they themselves expect to obtain, directly or indirectly, from doing so. Psychological egoism, which was widely recognized by psychologists and philosophers states that all human actions are motivated by selfish needs to benefit themselves. According to psychological egoists true altruism does not exist because the consequence of such an act leads to an increase in personal happiness. However, Joel Feinberg does not agree with that theory and in his essay he disagreed with the thesis that altruism

Their support and cooperation changed the outcome of many events, thus shaping the history of America as we know it.

Stephen Medvic, In Defense of Politicians, discusses why Americans feel that politicians are dishonest. In 2007, a Gallup poll about honesty and ethical standards for occupations, showed that only 12 and 9 percent of people felt that Congressmen and State office holders held high standards, (Medvic p. 2). In addition, Americans tend to like their representatives more than the members of Congress because they view them as actual people. Americans view Congress as a group of politicians who are greedy and not representing their interests, (Medvic p. 4).

is helping make the U.S. constitution possible this is a long lasting impact on the U.S. because. If the U.S did not have the constitution it would be hard for American government and presidents to make laws these days because most of the U.S. laws are made off of the constitution making sure that the U.S. is not breaking a rule from the constitution when making a new law. The U.S. also helps the government when they do not know what to do or if the president doesn't know if he should veto a law or not they would look at the constitution because all U.S. laws are based off the constitution. The U.S also uses the constitution to determine state rights like the amendments and that is only possible because of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson has wrote it but it was only possible because of George Washington himself. The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.--George

anyone who has ever spoken a word has lied or bent the truth a little bit. In most cases

years, the Constitution has helped shape America. Here are some ways that America has been

An American in Google’s words is “relating to or characteristic of the United States or its inhabitants.” This is not true, immigrants are the real Americans in the eyes of many. Immigrants have influenced the American culture in many forms such as creating the New America. The New American accepts everyone from all around the globe. Through the sociological perspective, it means that the New America accepts everyone no matter where they are from or how they are identified culturally. Through ideological perspective it respects all beliefs in cultural, religious beliefs, and political ideas. Lastly, through the economically perspective, immigrants create new shops that provide people jobs. Overall, immigrants have helped shape American culture

wrote the constitution. As we have written in the past, America was founded at a unique time in history by unique circumstances

To start with, this paper investigates in which way the contemporary political situation in the USA affects people of different cultural backgrounds, in particular international university students. Specifically, this paper examines the recent president elect, Donald Trump's usage of the social media platform Twitter.

Another characteristic of my personality is care. Despite my ever-present introversion, I have always harbored a deep care for most people. Early in my childhood, my parents taught the importance of caring for others. Throughout my life, I have always put others before myself. Sometimes I do this out of genuine care for the other party, but other times, I find myself doing this so the other

The writer believes that one doesn’t allow themselves to think openly and from others point of view. In his essay Kant