Protected Values
The first protected value that I wrote about was human rights.
I just feel that as humans, simply because we were born on this earth, we have
basic rights and anyone wishing to violate those rights should be punished. We
all have a right to life. A right to live with dignity, freedom, equality,
justice, and peace. No one should be violated because they think something different
than someone else, that is simply wrong. No one has the right to walk up to me
and take something that is mine, nor do they have the right to harm me. I have
a right to be on this planet and live the life that is mine, just as everyone
else has the same right and for someone to try and take even a piece of that
away from me makes me very angry. However, it happens every day, more often
than I’m even aware. I would be willing to do whatever I needed to do in order
to protect those rights, even if it meant sacrificing my own life so that those
rights are protected.
My second protected value was animal rights. I don’t feel
that they should have the same rights as us because that’s just crazy, but they
are a living being that can feel pain and happiness. Most of the time animals
are defenseless when it comes to us humans and that just makes it even worse
when a human harms an animal. I understand that some animals are here for our
food consumption, but that does not mean that they have to be treated horribly,
or tortured. I live in Alaska where hunting moose, bear, and other animals is
vital for their survival. The families live only off the meat they hunted. They
use every last bit of the animal so that nothing goes to waste. They do not
hunt for sport and they don’t hunt more than they need. I understand that side
of things, but what I don’t understand is the people who beat, starve, or kill
their dogs. People who are just cruel for one reason, because they can. That,
is unacceptable. In my concept map the animal rights was geared more towards
animal testing; however, the same concept still applies. I would go through
extreme lengths to protect this right; however, with this one I do have limits.
I only say that because if I am forced to choose between my family and an animal,
I will have to choose my family.
The third protected value I have is the deforestation that
is taking place all over the world. To me, this one is just plain common sense.
Our forests are natural resources and when a natural resource is gone, it is gone
forever, it does not replenish itself. A lot of corporate men only see the
trees as undeveloped land and they see it as their job to get it developed.
Now, I am not your “tree-hugger” type who believes that trees have feelings and
such; I am more practical. The facts of the matter are, that the forests they
are killing having species living in them where we get a most of our medicines
from. For heaven’s sake, trees is what makes our oxygen! If we don’t have trees we have more carbon
dioxide which equals human extinction. I would go to great lengths to protect
this value, but it too has limits on how far I would be willing to protect it. I
only say that because if protecting it would put my family in harm’s way then I
would not.
These values would completely affect my decision-making
process and I would be completely biased when it comes to the decision. If
there was a decision that I was faced with that was in complete contradiction
to the values I have, I would make my decision based on my personal values.
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