A person's 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 with this opinion?

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According to the history of civilized humans, it can be seen that people mostly believed in moral
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like loyalty,
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, and courage. While nowadays, in the modern world, we are
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that people's worth is determined by their bank account or position in society.
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essay will examine which criteria are the best for evaluating a person's worth. On the one hand, we cannot evaluate a person's worth who lives in the modern age according to 15th-century principles. To illustrate, if you want to marry a man, it is not rational to say you find him suitable because he is a loyal servant of the Theron!
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, you will ask if he can afford the cost of living or if he genuinely believes in gender equality?
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, numerous old-fashioned
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possess no credit anymore.
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, we cannot claim that all old
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are obsolete and invalid. Our ancestors reached some of those beliefs based on their ken of human nature, so we cannot ignore them.
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, you have made a friendship with a rich man to benefit his fortune in a time of need. But when a time comes, he will fail you entirely. On
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occasion, you have forgotten to check if he has the feeling of sympathy for others. To sum up, some arguments declare that nowadays we should judge people with new
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and put old ones aside, while I firmly believe these arguments do not stand for scrutiny. As we can see, any of them are not valid alone;
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, the combination of old and new criteria will possess the best outcome.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • social status
  • material possessions
  • old-fashioned values
  • honour
  • kindness
  • trust
  • empathy
  • media influence
  • self-worth
  • metrics of success
  • financial achievements
  • community contributions
  • superficial connections
  • emotional bonds
  • life satisfaction
  • stress and anxiety
  • policy changes
  • community programs
  • restoring balance
  • personal character
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