隴山隴西郡

寧靜純我心 感得事物人 寫樸實清新. 閑書閑話養閑心,閑筆閑寫記閑人;人生無虞懂珍惜,以沫相濡字字真。
個人資料
  • 博客訪問:
文章分類
歸檔
正文

America\'s 10 core founding values

(2017-12-19 16:57:41) 下一個
 America's core founding values.

Video: America's Core Values: Liberty, Equality & Self-Government. In this lesson, we will examine a few of America's core values. We will focus especially on liberty, self-government, equality, individualism, diversity, and unity.

America's Core Values: Liberty, Equality & Self-Government - Video ...

https://study.com/academy/.../americas-core-values-liberty-equality-self-government.htm...

10 Core American Values

    individualism
    • belief that each person is unique, special and a “basic unit of nature”
    • emphasis on individual initiative
    • stress need for independence
    • premium on individual expression
    • value privacy

    equality
    • open society that ideally treats everyone equally
    • little hierarchy
    • informal
    • directness in relations with others

    materialism
    • a “right” to be well off and physically comfortable
    • judge people by their possessions

    science and technology
    • values scientific approaches
    • primary source of good
    • major factor in change

    progress and change
    • belief in changing self and country
    • “Manifest Destiny”
    • optimism -- nothing is impossible 
    work and leisure
    • strong work ethic
    • work is the basis of recognition, power.
    • idleness seen as a threat to society
    • leisure is a reward for hard work 
       

    competition
    • aggressive and competitive nature encouraged
    • Be First (#1) mentality 
       

    mobility
    • a people on the move
    • vertical (social / economic) as well as physical mobility 
       

    volunteerism
    • belief in helping others (related to equality concept)
    • philanthropy admired
    • a personal choice not a communal expectation
    • involves associations / denominations rather than kin-groups 
       

    action and achievement oriented
    • emphasis on getting things done
    • priority on planning and setting goals
    • tendency to be brief and business like,
    • practical
    • measure results
    • focus on function and pragmatism
  • https://www.andrews.edu/~tidwell/bsad560/USValues.html
[ 打印 ]
閱讀 ()評論 (0)
評論
目前還沒有任何評論
登錄後才可評論.