Agree or disagree?

Question

Most people from developing countries have values and priorities very differemt from those of most people from developed countries.

Answer 1

Agree

Answer 2

I absolutely agree. Having been a volunteer for many different types of organizations who serve many different types of people, I can tell you that in developing countries, priorities include: basic food and shelter, safety from rape and pillage, and disease control and care. True that people in developed countries share those priorities, but they aren't the only priorities on their minds, and they don't wake up in the morning, wondering where to forage for food today.

In underdeveloped countries, there are areas where there is no toilet paper, no grocery stores, no radio, no TV, no medication or doctors/dentists, etc. These are things that people living in developed countries often take for granted.

People in developed countries don't have to worry about polio, but there are underdeveloped countries that still deal with the devastating effects of polio. There are women who can't breastfeed their babies because their body is so undernourished, they don't produce milk. There are families who don't allow their children to go to school, out of fear they will be raped along the way. There are MANY countries that have never seen water that is clean -- the water they drink is brown. I could go on and on, but when you talk about priorities, underdeveloped nations have only one and that is survival.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

I think the values and priorities are more similar than dissimilar. Everyone wants good health, long life and the best opportunities for their children. In a developed country that may mean avoiding heart disease, living to 100 and having children with advanced degrees. In a developing nation, it may mean having enough to eat, living to 40 and your children being able to read. In both cases, the underlying values and priorities are the same; it is merely the expected degree of success which differs.

Answer 4

Agree

Answer 5

Agree

Answer 6

Agree

Answer 7

We are one species, people. I can not believe some of the superficial, social science answers to this question. Under cultural superficiality, human values are much the same. Family, friends, country, or clan. The human universals far outweigh any variation. Take disgust, for example. I would never eat living grubs, unless I was starving, but menstruating women do not disgust me, as some pre- state humans are by it. But we both evidence disgust. I defy anyone on this site to point out a human society that is so variant that I can not pull aside the cultural veil and show the species underneath.

Answer 8

Agree

Answer 9

True,and significant as well is the fact that people from developing countries retain a certain array of values which have been lost in the latter ones,mostly regarding traditions,spirituality and culture.
And people from 'underdeveloped' countries ,as we see them,have not yet forgotten the things that really matter in our life. Just have a look at some polls,Indians see themselves as the happiest of people,despite all... That ought to give us a moment to reflect...

Answer 10

Thats true. Trying to simply survive puts a whole different spin on your outlook. These people have little worry about the environment when death is always one step away. Developed countrys were once in the same situation. Western Europe and North America were environmental disasters years ago until they became wealthy and could afford to worry about the environment.