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All of the world's major religions, when it comes to human relations, agree on certain rules. The Buddhists say: "Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful, " Islam teaches, "That which you want for yourself, seek for mankind, ” whereas Confucius adds, "Do not impose on others what you do not desire others to impose upon you"...
All these values and behaviors support relationships of solidarity and trust, so why don’t we nowadays live in a “culture of common good” but instead, live in a “culture of constant complaint” where “everyone is a victim? ”
Since the 1960’s, Western societies have changed. Since the boom of the consumer society, people have believed that they can get anything they want effortlessly. Mentalities changed, capitalism lauded different values and created a morality of selfishness, a culture supporting arrogant, exploitive and oppressive behaviors. Modern societies became materialistic societies, we want things not for the common good but for our own good. Today, the pursuit of individual goals and individual wealth seem more praised than the principles of solidarity.
Despite our society transformed into an individualistic and anti-community culture, people are told not to feel guilty. This mentality encourages individuals to reject personal responsibility so they just shift the blame on others thus creating a victim state mentality. The good thing is that, when you are a victim, of course you are innocent.
The school place is a significant example of that “excuse culture”. In the past pupils who had difficulties were told that they could make it if they tried hard enough. Now even young adults in Universities seem to believe that their lives are controlled by mysterious outside forces. People demand more, make less efforts but nevertheless complain about their poor results using common arguments like “It’s not my fault, ” “I'm not to blame, ” “It wasn't me, ” or simply “bad luck”. All problems are attributed to external nay uncontrollable sources: it is always parents, schools, teachers or the educational system’s fault, otherwise television, computer games, transportation or whatever, are also easy to blame. Instead of living within the rules of their community, people rather think their community should bend to their wills or whims. If you make a mistake, you shouldn’t be held responsible; no, the community should be held responsible.
As a consequence, people tend to believe they have rights but forgot they also have duties. Instead of protecting society, law is more and more used to protect the individuals against the rest of the society. It is a case of the tail wagging the dog when for instance a burglar lodges a complaint against the householder because he was hurt during the accomplishment of his offence. To conclude, I would say that self-interest is clearly a disease of developed countries. The notion of common good is still at its height in developing countries where community life and traditions still play an important part, it is also linked to family and solidarity values, which should be the basis of every society. Things would change if people were ready to put themselves in question, stop being over-confident and cease to rely on artificial and superficial values.
bahasa: Inggris
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All of the world's major religions, when it comes to human relations, agree on certain rules. The Buddhists say: "Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful, " Islam teaches, "That which you want for yourself, seek for mankind, ” whereas Confucius adds, "Do not impose on others what you do not desire others to impose upon you"...
All these values and behaviors support relationships of solidarity and trust, so why don’t we currently live in a “culture of common good” but instead, live in a “culture of constant complaint” where “everyone is a victim? ”
Since the 1960’s, Western societies have changed. Since the boom of the consumer society, people have believed that they can get anything they want effortlessly. Mentalities changed, capitalism lauded different values and created a morality of selfishness, a culture supporting arrogant, exploitive and oppressive behaviors. Modern societies became materialistic societies, we want things not for the common good but for our own good. Today, the pursuit of individual goals and individual wealth seem more praised than the principles of solidarity.
Despite our society having been transformed into an individualistic and anti-community culture, people are told not to feel guilty. This mentality encourages individuals to reject personal responsibility so they just shift the blame to others thus creating a victim state mentality. The good thing is that, when you are a victim, of course you are innocent.
Schools are a significant example of that “excuse culture”. In the past pupils who had difficulties were told that they could make it if they tried hard enough. Now even young adults in Universities seem to believe that their lives are controlled by mysterious outside forces. People demand more, make less effort but nevertheless complain about their poor results using common arguments like “It’s not my fault, ” “I'm not to blame, ” “It wasn't me, ” or simply “bad luck”. All problems are attributed to external, nay, uncontrollable sources: it is always parents, schools, teachers or the educational system’s fault, otherwise television, computer games, transportation or whatever, are also easy to blame. Instead of living within the rules of their community, people prefer to think that their community should bend to their wills or whims. If you make a mistake, you shouldn’t be held responsible; no, the community should be held responsible.
As a consequence, people tend to believe they have rights but forget they also have duties. Instead of protecting society, law is more and more used to protect the individuals against the rest of the society. It is a case of the tail wagging the dog when, for instance, a burglar lodges a complaint against the home owner because he was hurt while committing his offence. To conclude, I would say that self-interest is clearly a disease of developed countries. The notion of common good is still at its height in developing countries where community life and traditions still have an important role. It is also linked to family and solidarity values, which should be the basis of every society. Things would change if people were ready to question themselves, stop being over-confident and cease to rely on artificial and superficial values.
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