With such a variety of beliefs found within a country, the values that
As Albert J. Beveridge pointed out in Document B, “would not the people of the Philippines prefer the just, human, civilizing government of this republic to the savage, bloody rule… from which we have saved them?” Just, human, civilizing? Strict, biased, Christianizing was more like it. In these islands, the United States of America once again made the same mistake it had made with the Native Americans. Determined that there way was the best way, ‘the slaughter of the Filipinos’ (Doc.
Should the U.S. have Annexed the Philippine Islands? The U.S. desire to expand and become an imperial power in the world, took effect. The U.S. had maintained its three beliefs. In time these beliefs fueled the desire, and the first would be acting as an individual by relying upon yourself for economic and military support.
Values shown in this document very religious and show that the people respectful to their
Values are those which seem of great prominence to one and meaning influenced by the daily movement, experiences and viewing of perspectives that profoundly surround us and change our thinking. A text can challenge these values by the use of characters that reach out to the audience and allow them to rethink their own by the presenting of differing perspectives. A text’s word can influence different meaning, send out a message, inform and change one’s opinions and beliefs by allowing one to experience different ideas and then to re-think about them. The ideas can oppose conceptions formed without any evidence resulting in the creation of new values, beliefs and visions to perceive the world by filling in the gaps of evidence that was not there
The Philippines had been fighting for their freedom against the Spanish for many years. Naturally, when America defeated the Spaniards in the war, the Filipinos rejoiced at the thought that they may be able to finally return safely and peacefully back to their home, Manila. Where this information comes from in the text, would be: “These Filipinos believed that
Moreover, often highlighted in the values of this society is
The theme of cultural values appears over the course of the book What the Moon Saw, by Laura Resau. In the Mixteco village of Yucuyoo, people live simplistic lives deeply rooted in tradition and community. The people who live in Yucuyoo value friendship and the world around them. To begin with, they value friendship and have a strong sense of community. For example, the people in Yucuyoo “all eat from the tortilla” (82).
Secondly, this paper has demonstrated the necessity of adopting a flexible moral code as rigid moral codes cannot be followed indefinitely, as in the case of the Aztecs, and also we all at some point have to choose between two or more unethical acts, as in the case of Harry Truman, which a rigid moral code would not allow us to
Just like how the idiomatic expression “beauty is in the eyes of the beholder” is perceived, ‘moral values’, to a different person, has a distinct meaning. Moral values, more often than not, are defined according to the cultural beliefs. Each culture has its own sets of rules and beliefs to determine what is crucial, trivial, right, wrong, good and bad. For instance, it is vital for Chinese children to practice filial piety as it is an essential value of Chinese traditional culture (POŠKAITĖ, 2014); hence, living with parents, regardless of the marital status, is the right thing to do for it is good. On the contrary, Western children are not entitled to such obligation.
Over the history, there has been tremendous changes and transformation regarding Mexican culture. Although many Mexican citizens live in the cities, the small suburban and rural communities still portray a strong connection to the Mexican cultures thus making Mexico to be a vibrant community. Since Mexico is the 12 most populous nation in the world according to the world factbook records, it has also been found out that it is a nation that carries about 123 million people. For that matter, the nation is in the records of being a country that has numerous ethnic groups with its population showing that it has 62% percent, American-Spanish people. The Indian-Americans constitute to about 21% percent of the 123 million people whereas 10% of the Mexican’s population represent whites (Simpkins et al., 2013).
Values are what we believe to be important in the way we live our lives. Different cultures have different values and ways of living. Rourke (2013) stated, “our culture is certainly different from others, but it’s not the same as saying that all cultures are equally moral, equally fair, or equally human” (p. 280) People in different areas grow up doing things certain ways. Although we value things like equal rights and freedom of speak, other cultures do not, like stated in our reading, there are still cultures that do not allow women to vote.
If we can still remember, outsiders saw us as a backward, savaged and uncivilized people so they started teaching us how to be a civilized one. They saw the Filipinos manner of eating as unsanitary, unethical and disrespectful so they taught us proper manners in every occasion including table etiquettes. This is where the mindset of the eleven respondents originally came from
INTRODUCTION We belong in a time where the world goes through constant changes. Life today is so fast-paced and dynamic that we sometimes knowingly ignore what 's happening around us since it may instantly change anyway. The Philippines specifically, have gone through great changes in the past several years. These changes have rooted from problems that made it impossible for us to develop and progress as a country.
The administration of Ferdinand E. Marcos in the Philippines begun in 1965 is acknowledged to paved the way for the different turning points in the country. These turning points marked the fluxes and challenges on the different aspects of life of every Filipino people – political, cultural, social and economic. The economy of the country has battled in the international market along with the known “developed countries” in the world. Marcos instituted a sequences of across-the-board reforms strived for at boosting the economy and consequently aiming social equality.
