American Values
American Values | Chapter 2 Preface
A glance at any American newspaper published during the late 1990s is enough to convince anyone that the nation is suffering from a collapse of moral values. Accounts of political sex scandals and corruption, parents murdering their children, and ghastly school massacres paint a picture of a society that is morally dissolute, if not outright evil.
On the other hand, recent statistics compiled by the U.S. National Center for Health report encouraging trends in social values, noting that rates of homicide, divorce, illegitimacy, teenage births, and teenage sex have been steadily...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: What Values Should America Uphold?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Capitalism Promotes Positive Values
- Capitalism Does Not Promote Positive Values
- Religion Is Essential to a Moral Society
- Religion Is Not Essential to a Moral Society
- Society’s Well-Being Depends upon the Traditional Family
- Society’s Well-Being Does Not Depend upon the Traditional Family
- Chapter 1 Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 2: Is America in Moral Decline?
- Chapter 3: How Do the Media Influence American Values?
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Chapter 4: What Measures Would Improve American Values?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Shame Deters Immoral Behavior
- Shame Is a Form of Censorship
- The Government Should Legislate Morality
- The Government Should Not Legislate Morality
- Public Schools Should Provide Character Education
- Public Schools Should Not Provide Character Education
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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