2007-01-13 05:51:38 · 4 answers · asked by star3dhamdi 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I don't think so. I think our ideas about what they consist of may be different from person to person. Those differences in consistency make some things harder to accept as definitive answers to each quality or trait. Take, for example, Dignity: Is it dignified to reach your arm into a pool of black sludgy oil to the elbow in while wearing a tuxedo? most people would say no. But, If you reached into that pool of oil to pull a small child out that fell from its stroller for whatever reason, does it then become a matter of honor, and thus the indignity of the viewpoint become meaningless? Dignity is in the eye of the person committing an act. Honor is when a person does what they know to be right, even when it costs them. Truthfulness is measured in the viewpoint of the person doing the expression of truth. For example: three blind men came upon an elephant that had never seen an elephant before. one felt the tail and said "its a whip" the second the leg, and sain "no, its a tree" and the third the trunk and said" no its a snake, run!!" they werent being untruthful, just had a limited viewpoint. Equality is a fake word for everyone is not equal in all things... can you run a marathon in 3 hours 26 minutes like the guy from ghana?
2007-01-13 06:35:08 · answer #1 · answered by Simple Man Of God 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only in Washington D.C.
2007-01-13 06:00:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Bad they are certainly qualties people lie about often
2007-01-13 06:02:15 · answer #3 · answered by rostov 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they never were. People try to live by them all the time.
2007-01-13 05:56:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋