Analyzing my Own Assumptions

In this blog post I will compare my personal beliefs to those that are valued in my article of choice, which I discussed in my previous blog post.

Oh, Mathias. "Screenshot of a Thought Bubble." 10/02/15 via Wordpress.

Of the primary values that I discussed from the article, I personally share all of them. Reputation, honesty, and honor are all very important to me. The three ideas are very similar, and have endured because basic human morals value honesty, and ones reputation will always be important. The way someone is perceived and talked about by others will almost always matter to them, and for them to have an honorable reputation is important, thus this value has endured.

There is nothing valued by the article that is not reflected in my own view, as it is intended for an American audience like myself. The primary issue deals with honesty, which is something I value immensely, and every other value that goes hand in hand with this I also value, so there is no belief that I do not share.

The text is written by an American, primarily for Americans, but about a Japanese controversy. Both these cultures value connect to and reflect the importance of honesty that leads to a honorable reputation. These ideas are valued almost universally by cultures. Again, the moral values at the center of the article are widely upheld as right, so there are no values in the article that aren't shared in American culture. America does not place as much importance on honorable reputations, but it is still valuable to them.

The text is written during my time, and is actually very recent, so the valued cultural beliefs have not changed.


After reading Grace and Zayla's articles I learned a few things about my own post and my article. First I discovered that many of the modern controversies involve values that have changed drastically in the last few centuries. My article however deals with key ideas that have been upheld throughout centuries and from culture to culture. I feel that this will be a fairly unique situation. Second, I discovered that people are also dealing with controversial values, that many value and others don't. My controversy exists because the key values were violated, which created an outcry, whereas other students controversies they are analyzing have to do with people fighting over different values.