Materialism vs Values
Materialism VS Values.
Have you ever sat down and really thought about how much you value your possessions?
Do you value your belongings more than you value friends, family, love, or yourself? I have put much thought into materialism and maybe you should too.
I believe that materialism has become a way of life in today’s society. Materialism can be defined as a tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values. A person who believes that material possessions are of more value to him is referred as a materialist. This urges us to get rich quickly, to pursue power , not considering the danger ahead and also makes us greedy.
People are forgetting their moral values and often fail to understand the distinction between right choices and the wrong ones. The only thing that matters is good quality life and false comforts. They think that everything around them is dictated by need of humans and is being provided by the environment.
In the most strict sense, materialism states that all that exists is physical matter -- cancels out thought, feeling, conscience, human will, and faith. Here, possessions are believed to fill all human need. For a godless society, the philosophy of materialism may seem believable.
For Example:
Lets us look at the sons who abandon their parents in old age home to pursue their goal to earn more and more money.
Let us look at political leaders who take bribe and allocate land or houses meant for the poor to the well to do.
Look at the nations of the world, that is exploiting nature for its own comfort like coal mining , industrialization etc which has led to global warming, deforestation, extinction of many species and so on…… It is time to think of alternative energy and to preserve the world for the future generations to come.
Now Let us look for an example closer to us like an incident in our classroom where sometimes we think that it is cool to make friends only
Have you ever sat down and really thought about how much you value your possessions?
Do you value your belongings more than you value friends, family, love, or yourself? I have put much thought into materialism and maybe you should too.
I believe that materialism has become a way of life in today’s society. Materialism can be defined as a tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values. A person who believes that material possessions are of more value to him is referred as a materialist. This urges us to get rich quickly, to pursue power , not considering the danger ahead and also makes us greedy.
People are forgetting their moral values and often fail to understand the distinction between right choices and the wrong ones. The only thing that matters is good quality life and false comforts. They think that everything around them is dictated by need of humans and is being provided by the environment.
In the most strict sense, materialism states that all that exists is physical matter -- cancels out thought, feeling, conscience, human will, and faith. Here, possessions are believed to fill all human need. For a godless society, the philosophy of materialism may seem believable.
For Example:
Lets us look at the sons who abandon their parents in old age home to pursue their goal to earn more and more money.
Let us look at political leaders who take bribe and allocate land or houses meant for the poor to the well to do.
Look at the nations of the world, that is exploiting nature for its own comfort like coal mining , industrialization etc which has led to global warming, deforestation, extinction of many species and so on…… It is time to think of alternative energy and to preserve the world for the future generations to come.
Now Let us look for an example closer to us like an incident in our classroom where sometimes we think that it is cool to make friends only