I've lived most of my life by these core principles. It is rare to hear someone put this philosophy this clearly. It's a lonely place to be though. Not many people value values. :)
@pawpaw16659 жыл бұрын
I agree! If there were more values then there would be lasting marriages, less fatherless children and a better society as a whole. Trying to find people with good values is harder than waiting for a good Samaritan to return a lost wallet. Which by the way is good values.
@ProCs11009 жыл бұрын
+ronnie Abner ur searching in the wrong country
@gabrielseth26669 жыл бұрын
+ronnie Abner The word value makes most people immediately think of money. (a.k.a the root of all evil) oh the irony...
@gabrielseth26669 жыл бұрын
true... science is also such a tool... and most science requires funding, and so the people doing the science end up working for those with the most money, and supporting their agendas... Those who have the most, have the most to lose, and that explains the military industrial complex in a nut shell.
@Pomiferous9 жыл бұрын
+shamanahaboolist I have to disagree.Not many people may share your values, but all kinds of people have conflicting values.
@HuntressCarolina8D8 жыл бұрын
Although I do like the general message of this video, I don't think people kill or steal just because they 'feel' like it. There are many factors to consider. People reason, weigh the odds; people were raised differently, have different brains/chemical balances; people were born into different types of life situations, environments, and cultures. So many things influence the choices you make in life and the paths you may take. Also, although I agree they are important to have and live by, just because you have values, doesn't mean they are necessarily 'good/bad'. People value all sorts of things differently, especially considering your particular religion/culture. In the past, people have 'valued' certain groups of humans over others... Some people may truly value all life forms equally, so perhaps they would be just as devastated by either the human or dog drowning. Feelings influence values and vise versa.
@YTimCN5 жыл бұрын
Carolina C hello brain? Is that you?
@mysteryguy7935 жыл бұрын
indeed. You can't value something just because it exists if you have no feelings for it. And you can't have feelings for it if you don't value it.
@alexbaribeault4 жыл бұрын
Yes. Bad values do exist. That's why the video states that the most important thing in life is good values.
@fleurdepapaye96354 жыл бұрын
I can understand your comment, and probably I have similar point of view like yours. Moreover I like the content of this video enlightened us how truly important good value is. But I got a sense that the good value in this explanation is already predetermined. That makes me afraid, since value of a thing varies depending upon circumstances, times, locations and many other factors. So how can it be objectively to good value a thing? Since good or bad is not always clear in the first place.
@vaiozk15393 жыл бұрын
Thank you my friend
@VersionBest8 жыл бұрын
I would have said HEALTH. Without good health you can't really do anything nor enjoy what life has to offer, regardless if you're rich or poor.
@eisenheim7778 жыл бұрын
VersionBest Health is really important to. But even without health, if you have good values you can recover.
@dm95b8 жыл бұрын
+VersionBest But that would be boring. This gives us something to think about.
@bobitsaboy15748 жыл бұрын
I think he is referring to things you can influence in your life. Some things like a brain tumor cant be avoided but with good values you can give yourself the best possible shot at being healthy and happy.
@Rivershield8 жыл бұрын
There are many unhealthy people who live better than many healthy people. You can't fully enjoy your life without values, unless you're a narcisist person who values yourself above all. If you value this world and the people who live in it, if you want to love someone and to be loved, if there is something that you would fight and die for, then you can't enjoy your life without these values. To have values and to live for it is the best way to live, regardless if you're poor or rich, healthy or unhealthy.
@chinolin248 жыл бұрын
I think he tried to promote the idea that feelings are the driven forces of people's intentions and actions in today's rich materialistic world. Yes health is of course more important than money and love (he did not negate health along with money and love at the beginning though) but having good health without good value will not necessarily make you a good person if your decisions are clouded by your transient feelings. The first example about burger he gave was clearly on health, the value of your health against your feelings, which one values more. Why would people nowadays do things that will result harm on others or themselves (as shown in the examples in the video)? Thats simply because they chose to follow their feelings blindly which are very absurd and don't know when to stop. So that's the message of the video imo.
@anthonyrymer43918 жыл бұрын
I would save my dog and let spiderman save the stranger.
@machida588 жыл бұрын
I would watch the stranger drown.
@paytonrichards64508 жыл бұрын
+machida58 agreed I like my dog better
@machida588 жыл бұрын
payton richards I may even make sure that the stranger drowns. Then I would feed human do my dog.
@terrencehead44058 жыл бұрын
That's funny, but sad!😖
@HibHab697 жыл бұрын
Everybody gets one. Let's hope they haven't cashed theirs in yet.
@majorramsey3k9 жыл бұрын
What matters most in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you and to hear the lamentations of their women!
@ninepillarsofsalt9 жыл бұрын
Major Ramsey Blast it, I was about to say that.
@majorramsey3k9 жыл бұрын
Noble Ward I scanned the entire thread to see if anyone had already done it and was so excited when I didn't see it. :)
@thesaltyspittoon68679 жыл бұрын
Thank you Genghis
@majorramsey3k9 жыл бұрын
***** Conan The Barbarian
@majorramsey3k9 жыл бұрын
Michael Bolton Too much Office Space for you. ;)
@LukeRileyA9 жыл бұрын
Today I learned that it's important to teach your dog how to swim.
@angelmartos40999 жыл бұрын
Luke Riley Your hired
@Audrey-km9in9 жыл бұрын
Luke Riley Niche market!
@zestytacos59599 жыл бұрын
Luke Riley i learned to swim better so i can save the dog and the person
@yuy23759 жыл бұрын
Zesty Tacos tt's my stand too
@willakin0139 жыл бұрын
+Zesty Tacos I'd learn the dog to swim better so it can save the person for me.
@Sakib2419 жыл бұрын
It is important to have values that you can justify to yourself. -Do not drink or do drugs. Why not? Harms the brain. -Do not socialize excessively. Why not? Takes away from valuable work time. -Be nice to anyone who is nice to you. Why? Simple reciprocity. -Be nice to well-intentioned people. Why? They will be encouraged to help others. If somebody tells you that something is a good value and you can't justify to it yourself through logical reasoning and scientific evidence, it's not a good value.
@randolph84986 жыл бұрын
I can understend that but the partys are cool and drogs too, we come to this world to be happy no ? and whats metter in the life what its really wrong or what its really good? nobady knows, I think that you can do worever you what that are stigmas of sociaty ... this is MY OPINION ok and y respect your opinion i only want to know what its the correct anwser in the life .. im spanish ya
@Getoverhere6666 жыл бұрын
Alcohol doesn't harm brains. I know a mathematician who drank a lot over 36 years and he is still very smart scientist.
@Getoverhere6665 жыл бұрын
@Christina Hunt not so much also, if it is the alcohol of a satisfactory quality. My grandfather drank a lot. Really a lot. He paused from 45 y.o to 60 and then he started to drink veeeery much. Actually near his 70s he could drink about liter of vodka almost every evening. He died when he was 73 from heart attack (he hated doctors and medicine so he never did any medical examination. He never has any deal with hospitals, doctors or medicine.)
@bs88255 жыл бұрын
He is one person and you are basing your opinion on that? That's stupidity
@rossabrennan19315 жыл бұрын
Every value is justifiable, that’s what makes it their value
@echaaddict8 жыл бұрын
this certainly doesn't apply to me. I had been spending my life to do "good values" stuff, but instead I became unhappy because I did not focus on what I actually felt and eventually I was suffering from depression.
@VanessaGarcia-kg4wo3 жыл бұрын
Hi vanessa. I hope you see this now. 5 years LATER!! how is your life now.... Is this crazy to think about how you are in a totally different place right now 😊
@humblegorilla9352 жыл бұрын
This is BS, Countries, companies and consumers fight for power, so power is the most important thing in the world
@phoenixrise31268 жыл бұрын
All he is saying is what the Bible has been teaching for thousands of years. "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" Jeremiah 17:9. - the Bible.
@Th3CoLoSSuS8 жыл бұрын
the bible also says a lot of stupid shit though
@OlafLesniak8 жыл бұрын
Banana Earth Name me 1!
@machida588 жыл бұрын
Pee pee poo poo
@phoenixrise31268 жыл бұрын
The question you should ask yourself without prejudice, if you can see that far, is whether or not that statement is true. Automatically regurgitating hate for a book with no evidence except irrational and emotional attacks and using that as an argument to refute the truthfulness of a statement that book makes is circular reasoning. It is like responding to a democrat politician who says "George Bush lied about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction" by saying that Democrat is a stupid lying liberal therefore George Bush is exonerrated of pushing a false agenda. Of course this is the most lazy and dangerous way to find truth and only avoids the original question by emotionally branding and giving oneself a false sense of being right without the effort of examining the real question. In the original case the question should be, "Is the heart of man deceitful above all else and wicked and very difficult to understand," not dismissing the question out of hand by attacking the source, being the Bible. In the case of my hypothetical question about Bush lying, the question should be ,"Did Bush lie about Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction," not a dismissive attack on the liberal politician for making his assertion. A person does himself/ herself no favor by lazily clinging to their beliefs, which may or may not reflect reality, without earnestly putting those said beliefs under personal cross examination of at least some form. If he or she does not honestly examine their beliefs then they put themselves at risk of believing in a imaginary world and therefore having a belief not worth believing.
@machida588 жыл бұрын
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@eliasrico76414 жыл бұрын
"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women." -Dennis Prager (in the age of Crom)
@maxhilpisch77 жыл бұрын
I love this kind of content so much. Thank you 🙏❤️
@alesbalcar9 жыл бұрын
This explanation only holds if you presume (some) values are humanist and universal. It is way to common in history of mankind that horrible things were done in the name of values. Take both World Wars: Did people FEEL like killing and dying? Not really, but both sides of the conflict fought to protect their values (they claimed). Without defining what "good values" are supposed to be, this video could be (dangerously) interpreted as "ends justify any means", which was certainly not the speakers intention.
@mysteryguy7935 жыл бұрын
heck even kids get paddled and abused in the name of values of their parents. And these parents don't give a damn about any misery they may be inflicting on their kids willingly or not because of these values. Many innocent people were executed for not submitting themselves to christian values. And these lives are never going to come back. Just as many who didn't submit to islam or any other religion were executed and are never coming back. Many oppressors had good intentions I don't have much doubt. They believed they were serving a higher purpose. But facts are facts
@DarkEternityz8 жыл бұрын
TRIGGER WARNING : If you were drowning and a person chose to save there dog over your life, would you accept it? Put yourself in the situation . Would you be understanding that the person loves there dog more then you. This is to the people that choose to save the dog over the human.
@limeyfigdet74608 жыл бұрын
I'd have to accept it because I would do the same thing. The stranger doesn't owe me anything, and the dog is their beloved pet. Of course they would love their dog more than a stranger.
@ProperJudgment8 жыл бұрын
you're the epitome of making this world shittier
@DarkEternityz8 жыл бұрын
I'm just asking a question , you're just being rude. RedTang
@edwnx08 жыл бұрын
We are programmed for survival. I feel like almost everyone would rather be saved first.
@dilennoris65478 жыл бұрын
VeraBDO pure demagoguery you've done here. I can do the same thing about pretty much everything. Yes when it comes to yourself, I do value my life before anybody else's life so I would want what's best for me.
@normalcrazy34118 жыл бұрын
the best people you know are people who battle their feelings every day of their lives....This is so deep. I'm crying this is so well put
@WriterProfessor10 жыл бұрын
I do know some people who would save their pet rather than a human being they didn't know. Good video.
@IllusionaryUsername8 жыл бұрын
Before watching the video: Freedom. And after watching the video: Still freedom. There is no practicing of good values or integrity without freedom.
@joelee58758 жыл бұрын
Ace there's a lot of truth in your statement.
@Rivershield8 жыл бұрын
Freedom is a consequence of a value, not the contrary.
@joelee58758 жыл бұрын
I like your thinking.
@andrius7998 жыл бұрын
Freedom does not mean freedom without consequences ....
@joelee58758 жыл бұрын
correct.
@megharoni8 жыл бұрын
I'd save my dog and yell to the person, "hold on, I'll come to you next, just stay alive for a few more minutes!"
@eate77217 жыл бұрын
BooMegoo me too
@TheYAlfaBet10 ай бұрын
This
@NONIRADIO7 жыл бұрын
I just realized that maturity is when you stop making decisions based on your feelings and start living by your established values.
@user-sq1ec6te8y4 жыл бұрын
Reasons to live 1. Because you care about the world. 2. There’s a lot to live for. 3. You have dreams to fulfill. 4. Life eventually gets better. 5. You’re afraid of death. 6. Because you can flip your life around. 7. Because people need you to live. 8. Because someone out there loves you. 9. For religion. 10. To help someone worse off than you. 11. To find the perfect job or career. 12. To fall in love. 13. Because there’s a reason we’re on this planet. 14. You want to experience future music, movies, games, technology, cars, buildings etc… 15. You want to make an impact on the world. 16. Food, pleasure, and comfort. 17. To enjoy beauty and art. 18. To mature. 19. To learn more about people. 20. To earn money and rewards. 21. Vacations… To explore and travel the world. 22. To create something of value. 23. Because our bodies are designed, programmed, and hardwired to live. 24. To experience good and bad. 25. To finish the story. 26. To party and have as much fun you can. 27. Because you are responsible for people (and/or pets). 28. You have goals. 29. You enjoy being happy. 30. Because you love doing something (i.e. playing games, exercising, cooking) 31. To find your niche. 32. For your friends. 33. You don’t want to be a ghost yet. 34. Because opportunities are coming your way. 35. For moments that take your breath away. 36. You want to carry out your destiny. (Whatever it may be.) 37. There is someone you want to meet. 38. Because everyone else is living. 39. To share wisdom with a younger generation. 40. To strengthen and help others reach their potential. 41. Because. 42. To experience change. 43 To become a better individual. 44. To prepare for death. 45. Because you’re obligated to live. 46. To surmount an obstacle. 47. You want to do everything on your bucket list. 48. Because you’re supposed to leave your mark on the world. 49. The pleasure of success. 50. You love yourself. 51. You love your life. Even when things aren’t going well. 52. To see if there’ll be world peace. 53. To see how strong you are and how strong you can become. 54. Because life really is good. 55. It’s your duty as a human to live. 56. For thrill and adventure. 57. Because you’re too young to die. 58. For addictions. (The good kind I hope.) 59. To beat your rivals and those who ever doubted you. Show them who’s boss. 60. To make others laugh. 61. Maybe to get revenge on someone. 62. To finish collecting something. 63. Because there’s so much you haven’t done yet. 64. People are believing and counting on you. 65. That feeling after making someone else’s day. 66. For the little things (driving, getting some air, walks on the beach, grocery shopping, etc…) 67. To recover. 68. Because it’s not time to die yet. 69. You want to set an example. 70. Because no one else can breathe for you. 71. Because life is short. 72. To make more memories. 73. To prove your worth as an individual. 74. Because you want to enjoy and make the most of your life. 75. To serve your country. 76. To give love and hope. 77. Because you can! 78. To be better than you were yesterday. 79. Because there’s no one else like you in the world. 80. Because you belong here. 81. Because the world is your oyster. 82. Because your parents and guardians wanted you live. 83. To leave behind a legacy. 84. Because you want to figure out what life is all about. 85. You like a challenge. 86. Because you are unimaginably amazing. 87. Because you only get one life. Once it’s gone, it’s gone. 88. You want to contribute to society. 89. To pursue happiness. And love. 90. Because you’re important. 91. For moments that make you laugh. 92. Because you have boundless potential. 93. You don’t need a reason to live. 94. To give what you owe to the world, a god, or an individual. 95. Why not live? 96. Because you’re someone people would look up to. 97. You’re supposed to live. Because there’s always something or someone worth fighting for. I'm not gonna ask you to sub but if you could i would appreciate it
@djay66518 жыл бұрын
Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women. Someone had to say it.
@raezad8 жыл бұрын
+DavidSixSixFive wtf man?
@Pomiferous8 жыл бұрын
+DavidSixSixFive Either Conan,biblical text,or both.
@stephenwoods41188 жыл бұрын
+Double D Conan
@Wafflepudding8 жыл бұрын
That is good! That is good...
@GuitarZombie8 жыл бұрын
The Booty Awaits!
@VenomTheCat8 жыл бұрын
I cant believe so many people saying they would save their dog. I love my dog and my cat . But I believe I would absolutely try to save the person first.
@manalika278 жыл бұрын
thank you for that. people in western liberal societies have just lost all sense of proportion.
@VenomTheCat8 жыл бұрын
So a short thin human is ok to save over a Great Dane? Do you know what an example or a thought exercise is? Do you do all your "good" deeds because there is a reward?
@violettippet52468 жыл бұрын
I would also save the person. But I'm not surprised by how many people say they would save their dogs first. I asked this question on yahoo answers once, and all of them said their dog. In real life, about 80% say they would save their pet first.
@AwesomeAndrew8 жыл бұрын
I don't have a dog but i have 2 cats. I would save my animals first as to me they are just like a family member. It would be like choosing to save a stranger first then my brother. Besides, I like animals in general more than most humans I have ever met.
@coachclaudius81608 жыл бұрын
It is one thing typing on a keyboard and playing the scenario out in your head and real life
@ravenone62556 жыл бұрын
1. Faith= Believe in Christ 2.Character 3. Values 4.Happiness(woman,interrst,..ect)
@carolinewiggins28036 жыл бұрын
I have battled my feelings against my principles every day of my 27 years in Japan. I believed and still do, that it is morally wrong to walk past stray or abandoned animals and do nothing, and yet by taking them in, I was sacrificing any chance of saving money, travelling, returning home, seeing friends and family, having a decent rented house to live in, (I lived for 12 years in a house which didn't even have a floor in the bathroom!), buying myself nice clothes, learning to drive, taking a course to make myself more employable if I ever had the chance to return home... the list is endless. My husband died of illness - we never even had a holiday together nor saw each other much as I was working days and evenings to make ends meet and trying to look after all the dogs and cats I had. Friends in both Japan and my home country told me to stop rescuing these animals and all along I have just wanted someone to say, ok rescue them and I will help you, but no one did. Now it is unlikely that I will ever have the chance to go back to my home country. I have no pension. I am alone. Now I only have 8 animals but I still cannot even go away for a night. Am I happy that I had moral principles over feelings?? NO. It has been a gruelling 27 years where I often felt like walking over a cliff. Am I proud? Yes, in a way, but who gives a toss anyway. I read somewhere that the real meaning of free will is not having the freedom to do whatever you like but being able to make the choice to do something that is against your own interests. So I sort of basked in that comfort for a time, but that self-righteous feeling soon dissipates. I should like to ask Mr Prager if he has ever sacrificed his personal happiness because of his principles. Because that is very often what having principles involves. I would imagine his answer would be no.
@Focusembedded6 жыл бұрын
The argument about values is good, but it needs a better example. I've seen people, and I've seen cats and dogs. Cats and dogs win every time.
@taltamir10 жыл бұрын
1. not eating junk food is logic, not a moral value (unlike the save human over dog thing) 2. Only petty crimes come from lack of values. Almost all the major world issues actually come from people following their morality and just having bad values 3. With proper thinking, you can align your feelings and values rather then have them conflict. To take junk food example, I don't feel like I would be happy being fat and with diabetis
@taltamir10 жыл бұрын
***** So his example of an actual value is something that is not actually value? then it is a poor example. Which was exactly my point when I said "this isn't a moral value"
@DiligoBarba10 жыл бұрын
Nice theories about none of your points happens in REAL life.
@taltamir10 жыл бұрын
***** Poor examples DO matter. 1. Poor examples lead to a poor explanation of the theory 2. Poor examples undermine the validity of your theory, especially for a soft science
@martinlutz353510 жыл бұрын
Tal Tamir You must not" value" your health ? But think about something that is important to you, then perhaps you can visualize the idea that is being expressed with better clairity.
@taltamir10 жыл бұрын
Martin Lutz You must not be able to read: "not eating junk food is logic, not a moral value " Also, the word value can have multiple definitions, this video is clearly speaking about a. a moral imperative and your argument is using the definition of b. something that is appreciated / of worth
@Random_Number7 жыл бұрын
Great video -- what many people seem to fail to understand is that the only way to be happy is by consistently living ACCORDING to your values (integrity). This is because true happiness can only be built on a foundation of true self-respect. And self-respect, like all respect, is EARNED. This sounds obvious, but I'm amazed how many folks don't seem to get this: We respect ourselves *only when we act in ways that are worthy of respect.* Most of the time, that means doing what we believe is right, regardless of our feelings. Modern pop psychology tells us to "respect ourselves," but acts as if this is an automatic thing, a choice, a switch we can flip on or off. And that's why it fails to work -- self respect can *only* be built over time, and it can *only* be torn down over time. So all that to say: My prescription for happiness is as follows: Start with good values, live by them as much as possible, improve each time you miss the mark, and in so doing, you will build your self-respect. Only once your self-respect reaches a basic healthy level, and is maintained and grown, can you *start* to be truly happy. Once you get that concept, then living by your values becomes easier, because you realize that if you compromise your values to "gain something" (love, money, ANYTHING), you are doing so *at the direct cost of your self-respect and happiness.* Which is actually infinitely more valuable than whatever you had hoped to "gain." My two cents, anyway. :)
@kitezopo25938 жыл бұрын
"love of virtue matters the most" -Aristotle
@MisterBlueSky10006 жыл бұрын
What makes our life valuable - is the good values we uphold.
@LuciferKami9 жыл бұрын
According to my values, my family is more important than people I don't even know. My dog is part of my family, and his well being is my responsability. If he get sick, I'll pay his medical bills. If a random person get sick, it's not my responsability, and I can't be a hypocrite saying I would do something for random sick person because I don't do that for the random people who are already in hospitals. So, I'm saving my dog first.
@Historywithapharoah5 жыл бұрын
I believe what you mean to say is what if the person has done something worthy of dieing on the death-bed/ or is gonna die soon anyway . You're dog could be a blood hound and be used to sniff out people and help save lives. Mean while the person whom you didnt know could've been an unrepentant cancer to society.
@yair101010 жыл бұрын
Dennis Prager for President.
@dilennoris65478 жыл бұрын
yair1010 Trump*
@MyChannel-eo8ic6 жыл бұрын
If he was running, he's got my vote!
@Jordanicolass10 жыл бұрын
Principles and values are the laws of life that God had established. Just as the physical world has laws, life also has laws called "principles". Follow them and you will live a happy and fulfilling life, ignore them and they will break you. Nobody can't go against the principles thats like the egg and the rock.
@Jordanicolass10 жыл бұрын
That's relativism garbage. Principles and values are universal. For instance, the principle of "do unto others as you want them to do to you" is seen in almost every culture. no culture in the world upheld dishonesty and cowardice as virtues. Principles like honesty, integrity, justice, etc are seen in every nation and culture. You may break them of course and you are not gonna see the results immediately. But at the end of the day nobody escapes karma.
@Jordanicolass10 жыл бұрын
Here we go again with the deification of "Reason". You should read Immanuel Kant and his book "The critique of pure reason" where he clearly talks about the limits of reasoning. Even David Hume said: "Reason is a slave to the passions". Morality is natural and universal. It is discoverable without religion but it's ultimate source is Divine. Some try to explain this through Darwinian evolution but the "survival of the fittest" by itself contradicts all this. Self interest is bounded to our nature, when people talk about "the common good morality" they start from the premise that we are unselfish, but we are not. Why should self interested people care about the good of society except when it benefits them? So as long as there's harmony they'll behave good? If there's ever anarchy and chaos does all that goes out the window?
@MetaKnight96410 жыл бұрын
***** It's not reason or basic instinct, try again. Also virtues don't predate God.
@markokrcmar80159 жыл бұрын
if my dog were drowning, I would save him even at the cost of a cruise liner
@markokrcmar80159 жыл бұрын
+Marko Krcmar also a dog is very unlikely to drown, and one would have ample time to save a drowning human and a dog, unless the person isn't physically fit or something along those lines
@sethn52179 жыл бұрын
Plus, all life is precious, whether it be human, animal, or even possibly AI in the future.
@IAMN00l38 жыл бұрын
+Seth ノートン But not all are equal.
@sethn52178 жыл бұрын
POS Well, it depends on what the individual does with their life
@Pomiferous8 жыл бұрын
+Marko Krcmar Good point.Any dog not capable of swimming better than a human is near worthless.
@jpobrien19738 жыл бұрын
I would add that the most important thing are values based in Christ.
@MrIdasam8 жыл бұрын
Integrity should be #1 on everyone's list of values. If you've got integrity you've got everything else.
@Arkylie8 жыл бұрын
I pointed this out the other day on one of Matthias's videos. He asked what the most important quality was, and people were calling out "funny" or "good family man" or "loves kids" or "loyal" or whatever, and I said all of these are fine, but without integrity they're useless. A funny villain is still a villain. A loyal henchman is still a henchman. A loving family man who happens to be the Godfather is still a brutal murderer, just with a sorta redeeming quality that makes us able to root for him in the movie. I wouldn't say that if you've got integrity you've got everything else. Just that without integrity, everything else is worthless.
@MrIdasam8 жыл бұрын
***** I hear what you're saying, but I don't really see how you CAN have anything else without integrity.
@Arkylie8 жыл бұрын
You can be funny without having integrity. You can love children without having integrity (cheaters). There are a variety of qualities you can have without integrity -- they're just not sufficient.
@MrIdasam8 жыл бұрын
***** Yeah, but love humor aren't virtues. I get what you're saying though.
@Arkylie8 жыл бұрын
I agree they're not moral virtues. What would your general list of actual moral virtues be?
@MotraZotra8 жыл бұрын
I would probably save my dog's life first because I value my dog before other strangers. Generally I don't value any life that high, I believe in good and doing good to others but I don't think life is that important. If people just won't do harm to each other when they don't have to that would be a great improvement from the world today.
@zgoombah13088 жыл бұрын
Inner peace is more important than values and feelings. Values are necessary for fostering a healthy body and society, but without peace life becomes miserable and stupid because peace fosters intelligence and happiness too.
@phoenixrise31268 жыл бұрын
And how do you foster peace? By everyone doing their part in keeping good moral values.
@machida588 жыл бұрын
I jack off to jesus's execution.
@gwho8 жыл бұрын
you're just calling feelings inner peace.
@DannyAGray8 жыл бұрын
How can you consider inner peace higher than values? The world is drowning in people who want to tear you down at any point. If you VALUE your own pace of mind, you will work for inner peace. Same with outward peace: society fights against itself on issues like racism. But if you VALUE peace, you're more likely to look past race and try to bring people together. Peace - inner or outer - is great, but you have to value it to make it happen.
@machida588 жыл бұрын
I serve myself. Everyone else can burn.
@arimendelson887510 жыл бұрын
I'm kind of shocked that there was not a mention of crushing your enemies, seeing them driven before you and hearing the lamentation of their women. Isn't that, after all, what's best in life?
@arimendelson887510 жыл бұрын
Are you criticizing my tongue-in-cheek movie reference or are you making a very subtle reference to that same movie, Conan the Barbarian?
@robertgreen31708 жыл бұрын
What matters most in life is the salvation of your immortal soul! If you don't believe you have a soul, then this video is correct!
@pavelhassan74572 жыл бұрын
Understanding, Experience, Judgement, Good food, Good book, Challenge anyone, Brainstorming, Change, Letting go, Being bad and so on.
@Masochist4Melons10 жыл бұрын
I would have saved my dog. I'm not trained in life guard duty to rescue people. And a drowning person panics, and when they panic they may have a tendency to push your head under the water to stay a float without thinking about it. No thanks...
@josephang992710 жыл бұрын
Just imagine you are the one who is drawning.
@Masochist4Melons10 жыл бұрын
I'm fine with it. I hold no one to be obligated to save me except christ. Also I know how to float and swim quiet well.
@josephang992710 жыл бұрын
***** Maybe now you believe that, but take in mind that desperation can change anyone's mind.
10 жыл бұрын
better imagine both you and your saved dog in the sand, watching that man dying. What a feeling.
@Masochist4Melons10 жыл бұрын
***** I said what I said, because if I were to go out and help a drowning person which I am not trained for, Their would likely be two people and a dog drowning. Me being the person with my head under water while the person uses me as a floatation device. That helps no one. Have you ever seen someone drown? I have. They were rescued but the person drowning did exactly what I said. They will use their rescuer or anyone else to get above the water without thinking. In this scenario of a guy and dog drowning I weigh how much help I'd be and the ammount of risk that would impact me before helping. Also If you can't swim get out of the water. Better yet don't go near it. And a dog drowning is a joke too. They swim on instinct.
@Evil_Teddy8 жыл бұрын
Aren't values dictated by one's feelings? I believe that values are in the eye of the beholder. Just because yours don't equate to mine, doesn't me you or I are wrong. We are just two different sides of a ball. Many different points of view. I would use coin for that metaphor but that would entail that their are only two points of view, which I find to be defeatist. Like voting either Democrat or Republican.
@ClassPunkOnRumbleAndSubstack6 жыл бұрын
They come as much out of thousands of years of collective human experience.
@mel-oo1wt6 жыл бұрын
I would agree that values are subjective, but there are still good and bad values, thus values that are better than others. For example, sex. There are people who value their sexual expression and indulge in casual sex with no care for who they give their body to. Meanwhile, there are people who value the relationship they build with another person before giving that person their body. One value says you don't care about your body, and only care about temporary pleasure. The other says you should care about your body, and experiencing intimacy without devaluing the meaningfulness of the experience. Thus sex with someone you are in love with and plan to have a future with is healthier and more pleasurable in more ways then casual sex, thus valuing the fullness of your experience is better than valuing the temporary pleasure.
@zedantXiang6 жыл бұрын
@@mel-oo1wt So value for you=rational thinking? Why do people still use them, o right rational thinking is hard.
@mel-oo1wt6 жыл бұрын
@@zedantXiang Rational thinking isn't a value and is a skill? I'm not sure how your comment is relevant to mine.
@zedantXiang6 жыл бұрын
@@mel-oo1wt Thinking about thing is the best value.
@jewelrybag45578 жыл бұрын
The most important thing in life is health.
@Pomiferous8 жыл бұрын
+Jewelry Bag When it comes to health good luck and healthy habits play a huge role.
@lande180728 жыл бұрын
Absolutely not. Health is only achieved through values. Therefore values are more important. It's great if everyone has health but nothing GOOD will get done without GOOD values.
@jewelrybag45578 жыл бұрын
Yeah tell that to someone with cancer, MS, paralysis, malaria, cholera or all the other diseases that do not really care what your value system is. No, the most important thing in life is your health because it is a blessing and sadly these days people do not invest enough into their health of the healthcare infrastructure of nations.
@Pomiferous8 жыл бұрын
Jewelry Bag Could you rephrase that last sentence.It was a bit convoluted.What exactly is "health of the healthcare infrastructure of nations"
@jewelrybag45578 жыл бұрын
Double D Sorry I meant that people do not invest enough into their health via exercise, diet, regular check-ups as a priority and that governments and corporations do not invest enough into affordable healthcare, research & development, combating disease etc. The number one priority for a government should be the healthcare of its citizens.
@michelegambini7 жыл бұрын
The most important thing you'll ever have is GOOD HEALTH.
@josephmelesio37657 жыл бұрын
The nicest, kindest, and most honest are people who battle their feelings every day of their lives. This makes me think of my friends in law enforcement. I'm self reflecting with this new information, and I believe I may need a change in values. This whole time I protected myself not knowing I turned my back to everyone. I chose not to follow the same path as my friends did. I chose to ignore the calling of being a police officer, and looked out only for myself. I didn't want to protect the common people because I only see the them as savage animals. To think of them as civilized seemed only an illusion to me. I've been let down countless times that I given up on humanity. I mean when shit hits the fan these "CIVILIZED PEOPLE" will eat each other. That's what they always do. They lie and cheat each other just to get a foot above the next man. I don't think that there'll ever be a sense of community among them however; I don't feel as conflicted as I did before. I've realized I've fallen to their level, but mine was justified. I had/have to look out for No.1. Thank you Prager University for this valuable piece of information. It's given me a little more insight.
@pafnutiytheartist5 жыл бұрын
To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women!
@OptimisticCynic7154 жыл бұрын
WRONG! The open steppe, a fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair!
@ivatanjic6 жыл бұрын
I think of feelings as something more complex than basic instincts, I don't think feeling is a right word to describe those first impulses.
@alt50144 жыл бұрын
Eh, I'd still go with love. "And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing." 1 Corinthians 13:2 RSV-CI Edit: Now, this doesn't mean you would save the dog over the person. Just try to live by the Bible's description of love.
@demsyciu4 жыл бұрын
the definition love in this Paul's letter is different with what love is in the video. Paul's description of love is same with this video description of value. Because if you read the all of the NT, you will know that what Paul meant with love is a sacrificial love. It's same with what this video meant about value is.
@alt50144 жыл бұрын
@@demsyciu Okay, that makes sense.
@bririe4 жыл бұрын
To save a random human over the animal that has been by your side and supported you through life because “he’s more important” is disgusting and appalling, this is why humans are disloyal
@saberthedragon14 күн бұрын
😂 I 💯 agree Imo
@Mrshibusahoo5 жыл бұрын
The last line : The best people you know who are honest, kindest are battling with their feeling everyday !
@NUMBLIFEUSA9 жыл бұрын
I love these videos omg thank you so much
@ukhio9 жыл бұрын
+NUMBLIFEUSA they are sooo goodd I love them too
@michaelwright943210 жыл бұрын
I still think happiness is the most important thing in life.
@karozans10 жыл бұрын
Yeah, so do most people. That's why most of them are so miserable all the time.
@michaelwright943210 жыл бұрын
Guess I'm one of the few.who aren't miserable all the time.
@karozans10 жыл бұрын
Michael Wright He doth protest too much. If you aren't miserable all the time, then why are you seeking happiness all they time and why is it so important to you? Most happy people are just happy. They don't feel the need to seek it out because their happiness comes naturally.
@michaelwright943210 жыл бұрын
What do the people that are naturally happy pursue?
@karozans10 жыл бұрын
Michael Wright Everything.
@SC-zq6cu6 жыл бұрын
Values are subjective and hence there are no absolutely good values.
@ruswsanchez7 жыл бұрын
This is so beautiful to hear, I feel so unhappy right now, I feel I could have everything I want but to get them I need to compromise good things from me, I'm an honest person, kind, caring and compassionate but people don't care about that, so they will disrespect me or hurt me, to be better than them I need to win over them, to do that I have to destroy them somehow, so the end justifies the means according to the life's law which I disagree with, that's why I keep battling everyday of my life, feeling I have the potential to be a winner but I choose to be a loser because I don't want to betray my values.
@themcwilliamsshow85237 жыл бұрын
prageru is so great because they point out what should be obvious.
@ilya81329 жыл бұрын
His last words set my heart free.
@IrishZimz8 жыл бұрын
+niyah w I agree!
@mitsuki25047 жыл бұрын
Meme eater lol?
@walterwhite75549 жыл бұрын
I definitely disagree. Yes, values have some value, but this ignores the truth of Maslow's Triangle, and values do not become even significant until the basics needs of Life are satisfied. For the majority of people on this planet that struggle for basic needs is very real. Also, the thing that stops people from eating all they want is NOT their values, but common sense and their own bodies giving them signals they are doing something harmful. As for the root of "everything wrong" in the world, that comes mainly from our genetically wired fear, superstition, and greed for material things and power. Wishing you Love, Truth and Peace
@EllenLion9 жыл бұрын
#ditto
@walterwhite75549 жыл бұрын
Simon S, Purveyor of truth & reason Oh! good we can have a fight again. :) You will not find the word "happiness" or "most important" anywhere in Maslow's hierarchy of needs. In my opinion it is not about "importance", but just an evaluation of how people's needs evolve to higher levels as the lower needs are met. If anything the lowest level is most important since without it we die. I think the idea that anyone can have true happiness without good values is not correct on the guy's part either. I had just stumbled on this video after taking a swing at a recent pro-Christian one the channel did. Have a great day!
@EllenLion9 жыл бұрын
I think you can be happy. It's all a matter of priorities. Could you walk out the door and leave everything behind? It's not the material goods at all that keep me here. I do have to think about healthcare though.
@walterwhite75549 жыл бұрын
Simon S, Purveyor of truth & reason I never fight and just express my opinions and share what I have learned with no need to be a "winner." lol All opinions have value. Like you, I also value morals and higher thoughts very much, but they were totally unnecessary in the History of Homo sapiens for 99% of the time it has existed, correct? So calling them "important" I think only comes from our modern day viewpoint, which has only come to be by our having most of the lower levels of needs filled, and suddenly being better educated, and finally having much of the accumulated wisdom of mankind literally at our fingertips. And sadly still much of mankind does not consider human life to be worthy of respect or important at all.
@walterwhite75549 жыл бұрын
Mr G Yes, I'm pretty sure the 17th Amendment is the Right to have Vasectomies. That does make the path of pursuing those who might bring you happiness in bed easier in some cases, if you don't take too many liberties, which could result in the lose of your Life. If you have a good constitution you should be able to run away fast enough to save yourself. I just paraphrased what you said.
@toppolthecat9 жыл бұрын
The most important thing is Jesus Christ.
@Pomiferous9 жыл бұрын
+toppolthecat indeed
@Thegamer-yp7qq9 жыл бұрын
what the important thing to him ?
@Pomiferous9 жыл бұрын
The gamer You should probably ask Him.Though he may have given a few clues at his trial when exchanging dialogue with Pilate.Truth was mentioned as a high priority.A deeper,more revealing truth than fact presentation perhaps.
@elizabethtijerina58619 жыл бұрын
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@toppolthecat9 жыл бұрын
The gamer our salvation
@JonatasAdoM7 жыл бұрын
People don't value reason anymore, they value feelings.
@LEON-Cyborg6 жыл бұрын
What matters most? Everything. Life is a gift.
@dweliq29938 жыл бұрын
Blind luck matters most in life. Looks = luck. Health = luck. Knowing the right poeple = luck. Success in a prestigeous field = talent = luck. With enough luck you can achieve anything humanly possible. Without luck you will achieve nothing no matter what. Luck is the king.
@joelee58758 жыл бұрын
Dweliq- And what about fate?
@dweliq29938 жыл бұрын
Joe Lee Fate is kinda a part of the luck, in a way that if you are incredibly talented in one thing, you will almost certainly excel in that field later on. Unless you were born in Burkina Faso but hey, where you were born is also luck based. Luck = all factors outside of peoples control that have an impact on their lives. With luck you can be a heavy smoker and live long. Without luck you can live healthily and die in your twenties.
@joelee58758 жыл бұрын
Interesting view.
@joelee58758 жыл бұрын
Maybe.
@agentq72675 жыл бұрын
But you cannot control fortune.
@toaonua5238 жыл бұрын
Yeah no, any basic research into Ethics and Moral Problems can show that the idea of "values" isn't set in stone, and is really just another form of social subjugation. Your values are also entirely dictated by your "feelings". Moral Relativism like this has been easily countered. I'm not saying people cant find their own values, but you can quite clearly look at society and judge who is a better or worse person, and that is independant of how happy they are.
@TheNinjace8 жыл бұрын
Can you give an example of this dictation?
@toaonua5238 жыл бұрын
Jace Ortega Sure, the basic trolley dilemma
@TheNinjace8 жыл бұрын
+Toa Onua I think the old white guys points hold more solid compared to that dilemma, considering he gives more realistic examples. catch my drift?
@toaonua5238 жыл бұрын
Jace Ortega The only drift I catch is that you're gullible to the first, solitary opinion on a matter from a fking youtube video xDD
@TheNinjace8 жыл бұрын
+Toa Onua well I like to take everything with a pinch of salt, nothing is really made in stone. But feel free to think so. You give these examples like "research into Ethics and Moral problems.." But give no real examples. You give me a theory and not a real life study.
@vitaNmel10 жыл бұрын
the point of view that human life is more valuable than animal life is speciesist. (sorry for my english in case i've made mistakes).
@indianzionist201210 жыл бұрын
Is finding the LIFE OF your own son or your own daughter or your own wife or your own parents or your own friends MORE VALUABLE than others' lives also speciesist?!
@vitaNmel10 жыл бұрын
indianzionist2012 speciesism : discrimination in favor of one species, usually the human species, over another, especially in the exploitation or mistreatment of animals by humans. if your a speciesist you think human life is more valuable then animal life now i understand that you may think that your own son or your own daughter or any other person that is close to you is more valuable then not only animals but any other human but values aren't determinated by feelings. if both my dad and Einstein would be drawning and i could save only one if were talking about values Einstein is more valuable. (sorry about my english)
@rationalindian1110 жыл бұрын
vitaNmel Ever heard of this saying: "You don't call your neighbor as your father just because he resembles your father"?!
@vitaNmel10 жыл бұрын
rationalindian11 not actually , whats your point with this saying? :) that animals aren't the same as humans? well they aren't , that still doesn't mean they are less valuable .
@rationalindian1110 жыл бұрын
vitaNmel If animals are the SAME as humans, why call the animals as animals in the first place?! Why not call them HUMANS?! But of course, in your EGALITARIAN world, there is NO CONCEPT OF "Everyone is NOT EQUAL but UNIQUE", is it?!
@lstrashny7 жыл бұрын
this is an incredibly important message. thank you, Dennis.
@LeCoolCroco8 жыл бұрын
Not quite so, the most important things are: 1. Health and the craft you enjoy and dedicate time to 2. Money 3. Being respected
@princefruit59 жыл бұрын
I would save the guy cos the dog can swim back out
@MarkMcDaniel8 жыл бұрын
I would always save a human life, even at the expense of a loved furry friend. Human life is incalculably important. Animals were put on this Earth, by God, for our use. And, no matter how much we love them, individually. Their lives always come second to that of mankind.
@MarkMcDaniel8 жыл бұрын
I needn't reply to your comments, you've revealed who you are far better than any of my words could do.
@AwesomeAndrew8 жыл бұрын
Mark, you are right. My sentiment still stands in regards to thinking animals are better than many people. I would prefer to save an animal than a paedophile. When I wrote my comment last night I was tired, cranky, in pain, on strong pain killers and not in my best mind. So I apologise for my strong words in that regard, I'm sure it wouldn't have been nice to get an email comment like that from a stranger. I imagine it would have come across as aggressive, so again I apologise. I still strongly disagree with your statement though
@MarkMcDaniel8 жыл бұрын
Feel free to strongly disagree,...respectfully. Apology accepted. :-)
@AwesomeAndrew8 жыл бұрын
Why do you say that? I don't think I was burned. I admitted that I felt my response last night wasn't the way to respond. It isn't how I normally respond but my emotions got the better of me and I resulted to insults which really is quite pathetic in arguing a point....it lessens your argument. I could have said nothing instead or aplogising, I could have even deleted my comment. I chose to do what I felt was the right thing to do and apologise for my actions as I felt that was the right thing to do. There is so much behaviour like mine last night on the internet, and I don't want to live my life that way. Letting emotion speak shows you are not in control of your mind which is not how I want to be. So I don't think I got burned, don't really care if I was, the point is I wanted to accept my behaviour and apologise. Despite what someone else s views are, insulting them doesn't allow for a respectful diaglogue, but more than that, getting an email comment that comes across aggressive isn't the way to go through life......and it wouldn't be nice either if someone was going through a rough depressed time in their life then have something negative dumped on them from a stranger due to an opinion they expressed that was really nothing to really get worked up over.
@MarkMcDaniel8 жыл бұрын
I blocked that loser. No time for trolls.
@heathbell83758 жыл бұрын
3:39 Honestly, I don't know. what if people burgers really do taste good and I might missing out?...I need a brain scan.
@mirukim99097 жыл бұрын
It is also related to the book ‘Anna Karenina’If one lives for one's soul (good values) rather than for illusory self gratification, the end of life is no longer a cruel trick, but a further revelation of life's truths. (words I copied from notecliff. )
@Randomgolfguy6 жыл бұрын
Prager U, Regarding the dog vs human thing I believe the example is kind of flawed. Hear me out please. the example should be who would you save first. Given the situation, your dog or (place any loved one here e.g. your mom/dad/sis/bro/girlfriend/boyfriend). Then ask the person why? Only then capitalize on the whole "human value" thing. Because let's face it humans tend to be more protective of their own property than others. That's why it's kind of difficult for other people to choose the stranger than their own dog. Take this for example, your late father gave you his watch ( a diver's watch, you'll see why in a minute) when you were just 6 yrs old, to always remind you of him whenever you feel sad/lonely etc., because you love your father and the moments that the two of you shared together, you treasured the watch. At 8 yrs. old, you saved up money from your allowance and you bought the dog you always wanted, it kept you company when you felt sad/lonely etc. so you loved and treasured it as well. Now imagine this. You are swimming in a river with a strong current, with you wearing the watch and your dog as your companion. For some unknown reason, both the watch and the dog was swept away by the current of the river. Fortunately, the watch was snagged by a branch and the dog was also snagged by another branch (which was parallel to the other branch). Let's say, you can only get to choose one over the other. Knowing/Given that if you choose one, the other would be swept away by the river forever, never to be seen again. Now which one would you pick? The watch or the dog? The object or the animal? See where I'm going here? These are the types of questions that could evoke more thought (I'm not saying the questions were second rate, in fact the questions in this video were first rate, I'm just saying they weren't that challenging enough to me.) I would personally choose the watch, knowing that I could always get another dog, (see where I chose an inanimate object over something that has life.) I'm not an insane person. I just value the memories of my deceased father more than my dog. But hey, whatever floats your boat. ~
@calystaacollida83878 жыл бұрын
The Lord Jesus Christ ❤ is the most important, by far.
@TheHeroicNinja8 жыл бұрын
Hmm I want to see a video try to debunk this guy. Not because I think he's wrong, far from it, but I want to see someone else's point of view on this
@brittp.g79678 жыл бұрын
I won't make a video because I don't have that type of time on my hands, but here's what I think: You can't compare tangible and non-tangible objects like this, nor can you compare the root of something to the outcome of it. It's just too obvious of an answer. It sounds like this guy is trying to sound really smart, but it's not even an argument. If values = happiness, love and money (somehow), then isn't it all too obvious to say that values are the most important thing? That's like saying "What's more important, a basketball? Or the invention of basketballs?" It just seems pointless that he even made this video. All of those things he mentioned ARE VALUES. Furthermore, values and ethics are COMPLETELY subjective. As humans, we have no possible way of understand what is actually right or wrong. The law is the only thing that governs our thoughts towards certain actions and beliefs and even THAT is flawed because the law is ever changing and varies from place to place. Life is one big paradox of the unknown. Food for thought: Like morals, is god real? Because we don't see a god, we can't know. One may ask: "But how does the universe exist if there's no god?" How would a god exist if there was nothing to create it?
@brittp.g79678 жыл бұрын
All we have are facts. Seeing is knowing, and believing is imagination. Creating an "I'm wrong you're right" argument based on opinion is incredibly biased and has no merit.
@beakerthefrog8 жыл бұрын
“In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.” - David Hume. This quote best explains my answer to your question, and I think the person you're responding to would agree with me. I have a reasonable certainty that the things that I see with my eyes actually occur. This conclusion is not infallible, it's just sound, and it's as close to certainty as we can achieve. Of course, there is always the possibility that we are insane, or that our eyes/brains are incapable of understanding what they see, or it's even possible that all of this is a figment of one of our imaginations. Infallible certainty is a fiction. It's not something that is actually possible to achieve. If anyone ever claims to be ABSOLUTELY certain that something is true, you can reasonably assume that they are either insane or have a poorly disciplined way of thinking.
@beakerthefrog8 жыл бұрын
***** Of course I am not absolutely certain. I am basing it on what seems to be consistent. I see that there are clouds in the sky. I ask others if they also see clouds in the sky and they do (most of 'em anyways). I come across information discovered by other people that talks about the properties of the clouds in the sky. It is POSSIBLE that those clouds are a figment of my imagination. It is POSSIBLE that you are a figment of my imagination. However, as far as I can tell, my eyes are mostly consistent with reality. I can touch the things I see. I can smell them. Other people say that they can see, smell, and touch the things I see. I am not certain in the literal sense, but my belief that clouds exist is based on sound reasoning. Certain in the sense we are talking about does not mean "oh yeah I'm sure I locked the door before I left" Certain in the "old" sense means 100% absolutely no matter what positive - that it is objectively impossible for you to be wrong. I can not say that I am certain that there are clouds in the sky, because that's insane. I am not omniscient. [Fun existential quandry: Assume that someone WAS omniscient. How would they verify it? How could they prove to themselves that there was nothing outside of their knowledge? Even a supposedly "omniscient" being would be unsure whether it was actually omniscient] I'll leave you with one last quote, just because I'm not the best at explaining things, and people more intelligent than myself have already put them into words better than I can: “The critical habit of thought, if usual in society, will pervade all its mores, because it is a way of taking up the problems of life. Men educated in it cannot be stampeded by stump orators ... They are slow to believe. They can hold things as possible or probable in all degrees, without certainty and without pain. They can wait for evidence and weigh evidence, uninfluenced by the emphasis or confidence with which assertions are made on one side or the other. They can resist appeals to their dearest prejudices and all kinds of cajolery." - William Graham Sumner Admitting that it is possible for reality as we know it to be a fabrication is not the same as assuming that reality is a fabrication. I assume and "believe" that reality is as I see it because I have significant amounts of evidence from sensory input to support that claim. I have no evidence at all that suggests the contrary. Thus, it is a "reasonably sound" belief.
@stevenseward15578 жыл бұрын
Brittany, you've got to be kidding when you say that "As humans, we have no possible way of understanding what is actually right or wrong. The law is the only thing that governs our thoughts towards certain actions and beliefs..." Are you some sort of robot that has no critical thinking skills of your own and cannot discern right from wrong? You need the Government to tell you what is right??? This is one reason that we make fun of the German Nazis in World War II.
@ajleuty23878 жыл бұрын
This doesn't apply to me because I have a lab.
@Pomiferous8 жыл бұрын
+Jake Leuty Always trade a lab for a better shepherd.
@TheAsianRepublican8 жыл бұрын
+Jake Leuty Not to mention you see on the news people helping a few guys out of a car that went off road into a pond and then they shot the people that rescued them.
@ajleuty23878 жыл бұрын
Double D What I meant was my dog wouldn't be drowning, because he's a lab. He was born to swim.
@paulharris30008 жыл бұрын
I have spent a great deal of time with Kant,Hegel,Nietzsche,Schopenhauer,Hobbes,Rousseau and many others, but your series -especially in this age of the World Wide Web, may do more to actually help humanity than all of their writings ever could. Bravo!
@kateym78366 жыл бұрын
So grateful for this video. It is a constant struggle.
@bradhozuki890310 жыл бұрын
What kind of stupid dog jumps into the water and drowns.
@FHBStudio10 жыл бұрын
It was trying to save the other guy :p
@DarkPuzzle7 жыл бұрын
Hey no hate on dogs mis(ter)!
@luise.mercadorojas93058 жыл бұрын
I must disagree with the dog example. I would save my dog because we have constructed an emotional connection. Just as I trust him, he trusts me, and I wouldn't fail to that trust.
@ThorstenT8 жыл бұрын
Doesn't get off the point that you then (saving the dog) act apon feelings and not values.
@Arkylie8 жыл бұрын
No, he'd be acting upon the value of saving something that trusts him over someone he doesn't know. It may not be the best choice, but it's still a value. "Never the trusting ones! I have sworn it!"
@ThorstenT8 жыл бұрын
+Kilyle I don't think that would be good (in the sense of morality) value.
@Arkylie8 жыл бұрын
Patrick Kanal That depends entirely on whether you value human life as intrinsically better than animal life, and whether that appraisal is factually correct or not. If human life is more intrinsically valuable, then saving the human must always come before saving the animal, and any other choice is morally reprehensible. However, if animal life is of equal value, then there is no reason to prefer one to the other, and choosing the one you are closest to, the one who could live longer, or the one who is of more value to society / the world are all equally valid ways of deciding which one to save.
@luise.mercadorojas93058 жыл бұрын
If I save the dog, is because he trusts in me, just like I trust in him. If it would be a random dog and a random human, I would save the human. But the dog would be part of my family, and not saving him would be betraying my family. I know it might be questionable. I won't say whether human life is as or more valuable than animal life, but I don't think such a topic should be closed with a simple statement such as "X life is more valuable than Y life". It might depend entirely of the case, always keeping in mind that humanity needs to protect themselves, but with a moral responsability for animal life as well.
@wolflink90008 жыл бұрын
I'd save my dog, that guy is on his own.
@rayraysartpage8 жыл бұрын
I'd save my dog before everyone but my mother
@Pomiferous8 жыл бұрын
+dswrain Guess you do not think very highly of your siblings.
@darkimages40478 жыл бұрын
+wolflink9000 Idk if you ever saw a video where a dad takes his son to work, he works on the train station guiding trains. The man receives a call and gets distracted his son goes play on the track the father has to choose guide the train into another train and save his son or let his son die and save 1,000 persons. He chose saving 1,000 persons, i would had let 1,000 person die just to save my daughter by guiding the trains into each other.
@dilennoris65478 жыл бұрын
wolflink9000 yeah like wtf he's doing there lol.
@cbu26667 жыл бұрын
I’m sure if you and a dog were about to drown and the owner of the dog chose to save the dog, you’d be thinking why the owner did not save you.
@roxikoko37447 жыл бұрын
Time is the most important thing. You can't do anything without it.
@melvinwhitmire62267 жыл бұрын
My guess was personal safety. It's impossible to be happy if you're: A. Trapped in a burning house because you were too lazy to put up smoke detectors B. Trapped in a crushed car because you were texting while driving C. Duct taped in the back of Buffalo Bob's van
@wesleytrumbauer68689 жыл бұрын
Dennis prager and any random animal are both drowning, I can only save one. I save the animal and make the world a better place.
@Pomiferous8 жыл бұрын
+beeezus Chrisp Spoken like a true left wing idealist.You are well on your way to be cemented into the group for life.Now you just need tenure for a life time of security.
@Pomiferous8 жыл бұрын
Most people suffer from PTSD and cannot think clearly.Take yourself as an example.You seem unable to distinguish a christian from a Jew.
@Pomiferous8 жыл бұрын
beeezus Chrisp There is plenty more you don't realize and even what you do is questionable.The devil is crafty.
@wesleytrumbauer68688 жыл бұрын
+Double D yes, like everyone, there is plenty I don't know, but me mistaking Dennis prager as a Christian instead of a Jew has absolutely nothing to do with the devil. It just comes from the fact that much of the stuff he says is in line with a unique form of self centered, xenophobic religion (Jewish or Christian doesn't matter) that is plaguing the US and I never bothered to look up his religion and made an incorrect assumption based on what was most likely.
@13Septem138 жыл бұрын
i would save my dog
@VincentOak9 жыл бұрын
id save my pet no life is more valueable than any other
@VincentOak8 жыл бұрын
Double D I value all life evenly The thing is that I said every life is of equal value to me. Not that it is actually very valuable. I care about things I like way more than about any life I'd probably save my sketch book before I save a stranger.
@Pomiferous8 жыл бұрын
Vincent Oak Congratulations then for being a graduate of the age old youth standard.Narcissistic to the very core.
@VincentOak8 жыл бұрын
Double D well thank you captain obvious! But how is that so bad?
@Pomiferous8 жыл бұрын
Everyone else is doing it is always the best course.
@VincentOak8 жыл бұрын
Double D I'm having some trouble understanding what you mean by your last statement... English is not my native language. But if I'm right to assume you mean to do what the people around you are doing is generally the best thing... Well then go ahead and drink the kool-aid
@excogito21565 жыл бұрын
I submit some points to consider, since I do not understand the account of values espoused by Mr. Prager. "A value," he states, "is something you think is more important than anything else." This is a confusing way to define values, because by definition, it suggests there can be one and only one value, or that all values are equally important, and each is more important than all other things. But that's not how, as I understand it, most people think of values. He goes on to say that values are more important than money, more important than love, and more important than happiness. But all of those things are things that can be valued. A person can value wealth or wealth acquisition, these being two different ways to value money. Or you can value money as a means to satisfy your basic needs, to satisfy certain wants, and indeed, to achieve other things you value (I saw Mr. Prager in one of his fireside chats talk about people in today's world increasingly do not have hobbies--one can value a certain activity as a hobby, and value money insofar as it allows them to engage in that activity). Similarly, love is for many people a value or at least something valued. And so is happiness. So I think there's something of a category mistake here. Unless Prager is saying we should value values, but most people, by valuing X thereby value the valuing of X. There are interesting questions here about the value of values--questions well worth reflecting on. But I feel Mr. Prager's video is deeply confused from the get-go regarding what a value is, and the sorts of things that are the objects of value (again, many people value money, love, and happiness, and many people value money as a means to happiness). This talk about *a* value being something more important than anything else is something that I don't see capturing the way people (as I see it) understand values or the activity of valuing. The point about feelings is also confusing. While we can have values that, when realized, don't generate positive feelings, bringing in emotional states seems like a completely unrelated matter--unless Mr. Prager is willing to give a more robust understanding of what a value is. Someone like Adam Smith would claim that our values are indeed intricately tied up with our *feelings*--hence the title of Smith's work, *The Theory of Moral Sentiments.* The examples provided also simply do not make sense to me. People (as far as I can tell) don't value *not* eating junk food. Those people who value physical health do not eat junk food regularly or only as a special treat because eating junk food goes against what they value. Yes, for some people this will involve a clash between a value and a feeling, but not for everyone--and moreover, some people will likely experience this conflict as one between a two sets of beliefs and feelings or desires (the feeling of the desire for junk food and/or the pleasure eating such food can bring, and the feeling or desire that one wants to be physically healthy). I'm not saying that all people experience it as a conflict of desires, one of which one values more, but which it can be hard to realize when, say, you're in front of your favorite junk food and you're craving it. But I think that's a much more common way of experiencing the conflict--namely, a conflict between or among competing feelings, wherein one realizes that one of these feelings is the feeling one wants to act on (the feeling of wanting to be healthy, doing the thing one considers the right course of action, etc. I agree that in general, it would be better to save a person than an animal. And here, at least, Mr. Prager seems to discuss things in a way that makes sense--we value human life, and we value human life *not* merely over the feeling we might have to save our pet, but we value human life more than we value the life of a non-human animal. And this is why I think, to return to the point I made in the first paragraph, it is mistaken to define a value as something we think is more important than anything else. Since after all, I can value my pet's life, and human life, and when I can save only one or the other, then I opt for the saving of a human life. Similarly, if I were forced to choose between, say, eating lots of unhealthy food in order to save a person's life, or not saving that person's life but eating healthy food, surely I think it'd be better to eat the unhealthy food in order to save a person's, even if I also value eating healthy food. Values can conflict. This is the stuff of life. [If you want some kind of example, just imagine that to save someone's life, you have to go on a sea voyage and eat processed food that is unhealthy]. In the case of cheating, I find it odd that it is then that Mr. Prager uses the term "moral" value. Not because honesty or integrity aren't cases of moral values, but because presumably the value human life has is moral. So why are we delving into specifically moral values here? More importantly, this suggests that there are ways of valuing that are of a kind that is neither moral nor immoral--aesthetic values for instance (e.g., I value this piece of music over that piece of music, or some such thing), or prudential values (I value, I don't know healthy food that's not as tasty to me as junk food, but I value the healthy food because it would be prudent for me, i.e., in my best interests, to eat the healthy food). We now suddenly find ourselves awash with distinctions Mr. Prager doesn't make--the difference between something that's instrumentally valuable (e.g., I value money because of the things it allows me to do) and something that's intrinsically valuable (e.g., human life). I may not care much for the taste of most healthy food, but perhaps I value it instrumentally, since I can use that food as a means to achieve or contribute to a state of affairs that I regard as in itself intrinsically valuable, namely, my health. I understand Mr. Prager is trying to make a short video. But this video is simply confused, and fails to make the right distinctions. The issue does not seem to me to be about values vs. feelings. It's about values clashing with other values in some cases, feelings clashing with other feelings in other cases. Someone can coherently value courage, yet fail to act courageously when it's called for because they are overcome by fear. Depending on the situation, we may or may not excuse them, we may or may not call them a coward. But Mr. Prager I think is just deeply confused, from the start, about what a value is. It is not something we consider to be more important than anything else. I leave it up to you to think about what a value is--is it something we regard as deeply important or significant (that's at least more sensible than the definition Mr. Prager gives). Is it a certain sort of feeling we have toward something? Is a value something that we strive to realize because, in realizing it, we will be living a way we want to live, we will be living according to a standard we want to achieve or according to an ideal we want to emulate? These are all possibilities. But the definition he gives of values is just confusing and, if I may be so bold, confused. And the conflict between values and feelings just isn't one I think makes sense unless he elaborates on countless other things. Better bet, in my opinion, is to simply devote the space and time to talking about values in a productive and coherent way, or to simply not do it at all. Because this is, in my admittedly worthless opinion, a train wreck of a description of what values are and how most people think of values.
@arnoldludere3 жыл бұрын
This is profound, thank you so much...
@lazyindiandude7 жыл бұрын
3:40 but I'm (mostly) vegetarian and I don't eat beef because it's against my religious beliefs. What do I do then?
@samuelswenson15059 жыл бұрын
Love itself is a value that measures how much time, effort and suffering you will go through in order to keep someone because you value them.
@diegofernandoospinaloaiza64186 жыл бұрын
100% agree. Next questions would be: Who defines what "good values" are and how is it done? And are these values absolute or relative? Moreover, is there a biological root for some of them or they're just socially constructed?
@paddyearly7 жыл бұрын
Another excellent video by PragerU. What a tremendous resource this channel is. Well done to everyone involved.
@nickmeyer2387 жыл бұрын
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@henrywade9127 жыл бұрын
All the videos done by Prager himself are top notch.
@gowthamgct61745 жыл бұрын
Why do we need Good values..because ultimately it brings happiness to our life...So being happy is matters in one's life
@buffplums8 жыл бұрын
This is so simple but SO RIGHT! I think everyone should think about this. Thank you Sir!!
@floydnelson929 жыл бұрын
This describes me quite a lot. The only thing I recommend is to make sure you have good values rather than just values.
@azanyahyisrael1017 жыл бұрын
Thanks you I feel like this is a truly satisfactory answer
@hollypattersonwriter6 жыл бұрын
The greatest thing in life is friendship because when you do have all that money you're going to want to be able to share it with others
@georgejackson9567 жыл бұрын
What is the difference between a value and a principle? Does a value serve more as a belief and a principle as a rule that one should live by? The distinction doesn’t always seem very clear...
@PSGV906 жыл бұрын
The measure of values, what makes them "good values", is love; to God, to others and to one self.
@MultiKerryp6 жыл бұрын
I wish Dennis Prager could give me a tongue lashing about life,about how good i really have everything i need.
@MonsterPretzel7 жыл бұрын
Humans are not above animals. We are all valuable.