A person worth nowadays seems to be judged according to social status and material possessions. Old fashioned values such as honour, kindness, and trust no longer seem important. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Some people think that values
such
as honor
and k
bestow honor or rewards upon
honour
indness have become unimportant and the only important thing is the amount of
money
a person has. I strongly disagree with
this
statement and I will explain the reasons below. There is no doubt that respect towards richer people has increased in the
last
few decades, so, the more income you have, the more respected you will be.
However
,
this
does not mean that a rich person is more valued.
For example
, someone who has a lot of
money
and does not share his wealth is going to be seen as a selfish person. People neither like nor respect them.
By contrast
, rich people who serve the society through their charitable acts receive a lot of adulation and admiration. Take,
for instance
, the case of Bill Gates. He is one of the most respected persons in the whole world
but
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world, but
that is
not because he is the richest man. Rather
what made
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Rather, what
him so respectable is his philanthropic work. There are
also
lots of celebrities like actors and sports persons who work for charitable institutions. They use their fame and influence to gather support for the causes they believe in. They
also
attract a lot of respect.
For instance
, in Spain, my country, there is an actor couple who quit their profession to volunteer for a charity helping poor children. These actors are well recognized because of their kind acts and not because of their
money
. In conclusion, I firmly believe that
money
will certainly increase a person’s social standing;
however
, old values
such
as kindness and generosity are still very much cherished and in order to win the true love and admiration of their fellow citizens rich people have to show kindness and generosity.
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