Values

The objective of this book is to analyze how the environment affect our decisions from what we consider is right and have to do, but some aspects make us doubt. The books shows us how to increase our values instead of change our beliefs. The book does not pretend to change our way of being; however; it changes our way of think about our values. It encourage to give some power to our values and let them stand up which it is our real challenge in the middle of any dilemma. Giving all of that power, the book highlight how people does well following their values. When we have a clear uinderstanding of the situation we can do voice to our concerns and act in an effective manner avoiding bias or misunderstanding to be able to take the best action. Commonly, people act

Values mean different things to different people as they have differing beliefs and values. After this book was published, people’s values may have changed as they realized they have had the wrong values and priorities, and needed a change.

Values help people determine what is right and wrong. They provide our moral compass in life.

Personal values, beliefs, and principles are important for individuals to know about themselves. However, when asked the question, “what are your personal values, beliefs, and principles?” The first response is often a laundry list of characteristics with the assumption that those three words are synonymous. From my experience when posed this question the laundry list became long and in retrospect, I began to wonder what the differences were between each of these terms. As a teacher, employee, mother, and Christian knowing these differences and how to answer the question is an important component of determining how I make decisions when faced with ethical dilemmas. Hence, began the investigation of how the terms relate, their meaning and what my answer is to this question. Since my laundry list was quite long for this essay, I will share and explain the top two elements for each category, how they relate to one another and how the knowledge influences tough decisions.

Values are often influenced by different ideologies, so it is important to look at these also.

Values create motivation within a person to act in a situation for someone who does not seem to be asking for it. An example of this is shown in the novel, “There Will Be Wolves” by Karleen Bradford. In this book, Ursula, the daughter of an apothercary, Master William, was accused to being a witch for healing an injured dog with Bruno, instead of being punished, Ursula was forced to join the Crusade for a complete absolution. In their journey, people will learn how to show importance to anyone. Some people do not realize the things they do are wrong that have good intentions for someone.

Values relate to our personal principles, morals, and ideals—that is, what we consider to be important.Each person is unique, with their own personal values and beliefs shaped by a number of factors that include culture, religion, and personal experiences.We value each person as an individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in life, and seek to understand their priorities, needs, abilities and limits.

This way it becomes easier to understand how vulnerable the things the world takes for granted are. Better understanding and insight of the value leads to appreciating it more, and provides a stronger awareness and protection of the environment and habitat of the ecosystem. Calculating a monetary value makes it even more powerful, because it seems like people have an easier time valuing services that have their economic value in numbers over services that have a moral value only described through the importance of them. Having a monetary value also makes it easier for governments to make reasonable decisions and policies about the ecosystem. But at the same time, putting an obvious price and financial value on nature makes it a ‘commodity’ that can be traded, which can put its biodiversity into dangerous, especially for rare species and habitats. (Valuing Ecosystem, Biodiversity

     The United States and its people take great pride in knowing that the U.S. is the greatest nation in the world. That is why it’s our duty to father the rest of the world when conflicts arise. American culture and ideals are also thought to take precedents over all other cultures and ideals. In the book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall down, written by Anne Fadiman, there are many great examples of how American culture is imposed on the people residing with in its enclosed boundaries. The U.S. going to war in Vietnam is also a great example of how the U.S. tried to impose American values on the “less fortunate.” Through understanding America’s so

Values are intangible things that are important to us, and that guide us, individually, to make decisions. Each person has a different set of values, morals, and ethics, which is the reason that each person handles a situation differently. Here, I will discuss my top 5 values, and why they are important to me.

People have different values in life. There are those who value respect, leadership, nurturing while there are those who value intimidating other people. However, I value acting ethically towards people, animals and the environment at large by observing the six pillars of character including trustworthy, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. This is my core value. Through acting ethically we are able to treat others well and even animals. It also enables us to conserve the environment for us and for the generation to come. Acting ethically is not just a liberating experience but also empowering. It is also important to act ethically because it allows us as leaders and other

When thinking about sociological issues taking place in our society today, issues concerning our environment commonly are not ones we put on the top of the list, however they should be. It is not that any of the other social issues do not matter, but without a world to live on, or an environment to live off of those other issues would not even be taking place. Our environment has been something that we neglect and carelessly use for our own personal economic growth because it is what has been done for many years. We are destroying our world’s land and using up its natural resources and are even wasting them without concern about what consequences are resulting from doing so. There are ways that we could fix and eliminate problems that we have caused to our environment, but in order to do so we will have come together and put in the effort to make the change and become more environmentally conscious in the aspects of our everyday lifestyles.

We must act on our values. If we truly value something, we will follow through with maintaining those values regardless of circumstances or repercussions.

The word ‘environment’ has been described as the total sum of elements surrounding a living organism, including the natural forces and other living organisms that provide the catalysts for development, growth, and damage (Dietz et al. 1998). Because everyone’s contribution is needed to create and ensure a sustainable planet for future generations, environmental management has been a long-term focus for all those concerned. As observed through numerous theoretical frameworks developed to explain the gap between the awareness and knowledge of the environment and the actual displays of pro-environmental behaviour, there is a clear difference between recognizing the issue and taking definitive action toward it (Chen et al. 2011). However, the simple awareness of education, in and of itself, is important and has the potential to be a powerful tool in the environmental sphere (Liu and Raven 2010).

“Values are the essence of who we are as human beings. Our values get us out of bed every morning, help us select the work we do, the company we keep, the relationships we build, and ultimately, the groups and organizations that we lead. Our values influence every decision and move we make, even to the point of how we choose to make our decisions (Rue, 2001, p. 12).”