Individual greed and selfishness have been the basis of modern society. Some people think that we must return to the older and more traditional values of respect for the family and the local community in order to create a better world to live in, To what extend do you agree or disagree?

Nowadays, avarice and egotism
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been rooted
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individual
life
. It is considered that holding the traditional and
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ancestor's
principles are the best approach to make better social
life
,
particulaly
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particularly
in value of respect both to family members and to
society
. I firmly agree about that solution due to some justifications,
such
as maintaining
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harmony and increasing the sense of solidarity
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society
. The foremost reason is
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unity in the households. It is clear that family is the closest people that usually give
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hands to help us if we have severe conditions.
By respecting
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them, it can increase their empathy for us and
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harmonial
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harmonious
relationships among family members.
Thus
, when someone has sadness or serious problems they can assist us to gain a solution.
For instance
, when the family has a medical need that requires much money to get medication in the hospital,
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giving them financial assistance, of course, can lead them happy so that in the future they can
also
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us.
In addition
, becoming greedy and selfish individuals can get jeered
among
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society
. Because social
life
is inclined to uphold solidarity values among them. Meanwhile, selfishness and egotism are far from the basis of solidarity itself.
Consequently
, not only will be they avoided by
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society
, but
also
they can get negative attitudes as well. Taking Pancasila as the ideology of Indonesia as an example. From the beginning, when Soekarno proposed his ideas about national basis (
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), he mentioned that unity in the diversity
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the biggest reason behind
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principles of Pancasila, so that
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who do not follow that, it represents that they do not want
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social members of
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. To summarise, to make
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life
in
whether
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society
or family, maintaining our respect and sympathy
to
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them are salient because it can make
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harmony in
family
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and
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make unity
among
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society
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • modern society
  • traditional values
  • familial bonds
  • community ties
  • collective well-being
  • individual gain
  • responsibility
  • care for others
  • neglect
  • isolation
  • honesty
  • respect
  • cooperation
  • individual greed
  • ethical conduct
  • social cohesion
  • crime rates
  • mental health
  • general happiness
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