Sequel to Humanity:All Cultures have some values in common

The concepts of values must be more or less universal. That is the goal of leaders to lead the peoples with trust in perception and reception.

Imagine what it would be like for a society to show no value on truth. When a person talks to another,there would be no presumption that he/she is telling the truth - for he/she could be speaking falsely. Within that society, there would be no reason to pay attention to what anyone says. However,there is also an assumption that he/she tells the truth in a decent society. Needless to say, the reception would be positive as well.

Communication in a good society should be truthful even though there may be exceptions to the general rule. Silence may be golden but there is no impression without expression.

Americans are known to be trusting and truthful and I have reason to believe that folks in China are the same as good folks. There should be goodwill among good people with some exceptions under certain circumstances as we have known via media stories nowadays such as greed and dishonest practices. Let us grin and bear it but justice will be the final outcome.

Training in ethics and morality would be leading to good citizenship and courses are being offered to business students. Such professional education in philosophy is essential for good value in the 21st century to resolve financial crisis in the global context to avoid deceitful scheme.

Francis Shieh a.k.a. Xie Shihao, a leaner of economic philosophy with special focus on etiology.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 6.22 a.m.