I beg to differ on the point that values can be termed right if it’s accepted by a community/society. In my opinion, it can be right to that community, but wrong to another community
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Hmm, this is a clarion call to all.
One of the reasons there is so much decadence in our world today can be attributed to the fact that a lot of parents do not have or have allowed the values inculcated into them while growing up to erode, and you sure cannot give what you do not have🤷♀️
So, if we all feel displeased that there is so much decadence in the world today, the onus lies on us to adopt appropriate Values, build our life principles around them and live by the principles. After all, it is said that children learn more from what they see than what they are told.
Basically, parents should be more intentional with “parenting”.
Value is part and parcel of human life. That’s which one cherish and uphold.
You should also have it in mind that you can’t give what you don’t have. If you are a person of integrity, you can can uphold it as a value, but if you are not you can’t uphold it. Infact what you value defines who you are..
In my own opinion, value can be right or wrong except is generally accepted by a community or a group of people for the betterment of the community. Following the jer era or social media era some youths hardly differnciate good from bad because of the social media influence. For example to some persons, the posting of nude pictures on social media is dehumanising of our integrity while to some is an avenue of gaining popularity. In a nut shell, value enables us to act rightly if only is generally accepted, enforced and inculcated by all. But if not is the other way round. That is why I still agree that value defines who we are.
Value or values is a term used to describe the worth of something. It can be tangible like something you can touch, see, hold or measure physically. It can also be intangible posture, behaviours etc. Measurements of values changes from generations to generations or let me say from age to age so that what we may admire as valuable today or this age may not be of much value the next generation. There are so many situations that rapidly affect values in any age. That is interactions among people. It also affects character formation. Parents should therefore take care how they bring up their children or wards. Yoruba adage says ” Ko omo re ti o ba wa ni ewe “….that you should bring up your children well when they are still young, then they will give you rest when you are old. Today, young ones are opened to the world through media and other gadgets. Therefore parents should endeavour to guide and guard their children as they grow up in the use of these facilities. ]]>
Would it be right to say then, that values can be right or wrong, since there can be right or wrong norms, behaviour, ideas and beliefs?
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