Values

In this text, I will reflect on values. The film I have chosen as my main focus, is “Drone” because I think the theme also concerns Norway and the rest of the world.   The word 'value' has a wide meaning. Things that are important to us in life, has a value. It can be everything from a car, a house or money to religion, community, family and freedom. The difference are the physical values we need to survive and abstract values that makes us to who we are. Things has different values from individual to individual.   In the film “Drone”, the talk about abstract values and it as an ethical dilemma. Many civilians and children are killed in the mission to kill people associated to al-Qaida. On one hand, it is positive that they take the responsibility to take the terrorist and try to defeat terrorism. On the other hand, it isn’t right to defeat terrorism with terrorism. And as mentioned, many civilians and children are killed.  The drone pilots are also exposed to an ethical dilemma. Is it ethical right to sit in one place on earth, and bomb a country on the other side? The positive about this, is that they do not risking their own life.  The negative side, the country that are being attacked, don’t have the change to defeat themselves.  At the same time, the pilots don’t get the feeling of war, and therefore it is hard for them to realize what they actual are doing.    I think that values are important, because it forms a good society and you as a person. It is essential to find values that is important in life, because values defines you as a person and it helps you to make up some meanings about the society and to fit in the society. People with some of the same values, forms a good society. To conclude, values are important in many settings, from religion to war and politics. Values forms a good society, and values  is an ethical dilemma in many settings.

Events in American History

1. How many colonies were there by the time of the French and Indian War?

                       There was 13 colonies stretching from Georgia in the south to New Hampshire in the North.

2. What was the slogan of the protesters in Boston?

            The slogan of the protesters in Boston "taxation without representation".

3. Where did the Revolutionary War begin?

            The Revolutionary War began in Lexington.

4. Where did the colonies declare their independence and when did it happen?

                       The colonies declared their independence in Philadelphia on 4th July, 1776

                   5. When did the first African slaves arrive in the New World?

            The first African slaves arrived in the New World as early as 1619.

        6. When was the importation of new slaves made illegal?

            The Us made the importation of new slaves illegal in 1807.

        7. When did Abraham Lincoln become president?

            Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860.

        8. What did his victory lead to?

            After Abraham Lincoln was elected, South Carolina left the union and was followed by 10 other               states.

        9. Which role did the Emancipation Proclamation play?

            The Emancipation Proclamation  was a document

What is it about America that is American?

Viewpoints p.155

1. Not all of these values is uniquely American, because they apply to other countries as well. For example individualism or the freedom for the individual. These values gives ability to decide over your own life and what you would do with it. Norwegians and many others has the same freedom. 
3. I think the Norwegian media sometimes present the American people like unhealthy and stupid, but other times as outgoing and inclusive people.
5. I think values like friendliness, individualism and hospitality is very important. That makes other people to feel welcome and included. 
6. I think some of my values have some different backgrounds. Some of them comes from the Norwegian culture and traditions, but others comes from my family and the way I have been raised.