Question

Core values of morality and humanitarianism may be _______ with values of individual achievement and success. For example, humanitarian values reflected in welfare and other government aid programs for people in need clash with values emphasizing hard work and personal achievement.

Answer 1

Answer: value contradictions

Explanation:

It is a situation when one starts having personal conflicts with the society values. Example includes the free speech versus racism. Even though everyone is clamouring for the freedom of speech, right to speak out what one has in mind, yet one shouldn't use that as an avenue to talk down on someone else all because of his or her skin colour.

Answer 2

Answer:

Core values of morality and humanitarianism may conflict with values of individual achievement and success. For example, humanitarian values reflected in welfare and other government aid programs for people in need clash with values emphasizing hard work and personal achievement.

Explanation:

In this activity we have to fill in the blank in order to complete the text.

This excerpt is from the book "Sociology in our times" by Diana Kendall. In Chapter 3 "Culture", Lesson 4, she talks about Cultural Values. She also describes the Core American Values, and also explains Value Contradictions, which is when values conflict with each other, or in some cases, different values do not match with each other, meaning that achieving one value makes it difficult or impossible to achieve another.