Values and Ethics: Pillars of Cultural Diversity

This world is filled with many different cultures, religious beliefs, and we all are raised in different types of social classes. The fact is that we are all not the same we are completely different, especially in the way we believe what is morally and ethically right. While some of our views are different amongst the world, the bottom line is that we all hold values to construct the beliefs of what is right and what is wrong. According to Rosenstand (2012), “having values implies that we have a conception of what society should be, what we consider good, a safety net for when things go wrong and incorporates an overseer that punishes bad behavior while rewarding good behavior”(p. 4). Both values and ethics are embedded into us, from the beginning,

One of the most important values that still hold true to me is the act of protecting family members. As a young child, I was brought up in the lower-middle-class lifestyle, practically barely touching the breaking point between lower-class and middle-class. The family is all we had to keep us loving life and making us live our lives to the fullest. Without my family, I do not know where I would have ended up today. My parents did everything that they could to make my brother, and I understand the importance of family and how powerful a loving family that looks out for each other has on the outcome of our everyday actions. Every time my brother and I experienced something negative involving our friends and or girlfriends, they always ended the conversation with “well no matter what happens with the outcome of this situation, just remember that your family members will always be with you until the end”. I never fully understood what my parents meant until the loss of my uncle when I was just a

No matter what, there will always be right and wrong behavior patterns in life as well with fighting good and evil; there is just not a single right way of deciding on how to get to the conclusion of doing the right thing. Some individuals may base their beliefs and decision-making skills on determining the action that creates the most happiness for the majority of the people. Rosenstand (2012) classifies this type of decision-making style as the theory of Utilitarianism. While others act upon excellence in all that they are doing regardless of how disturbing the situation may be for them. This behavior is defined as the virtues in life and was favored by the Greek virtue theorists such as Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato. All of these theorists constantly question and even challenged the laws of the