American Values
American Values | Chapter 3 Preface
On April 20, 1999, in what turned out to be the worst school shooting in the nation’s history, students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold opened fire on their classmates at Columbine High in Littleton, Colorado, killing twelve students and one teacher before committing suicide. Survivors of the massacre reported that the killers—apparently motivated by revenge—had laughed gleefully as they stalked and murdered their victims.
In the view of some commentators, the Columbine killings share a disturbing similarity with the 1995 movie The Basketball Diaries, in which the main...
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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
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