We all carry the value systems of our society".
And all of this stems from the value systems in place when my parents made the decision not to get my ears pierced.
The strongest version of political pluralism claims that all these value systems are equally true (and thus presumably all ought to be tolerated), a weaker view is that these value systems all ought to be tolerated, and probably the most common version of the view is that some of these systems (the reasonable ones) ought to be tolerated.
However, delivered to children at the American dosage-level it has the effect of undermining all other value systems.
Though we all have our value systems, they're not the forum to promote them.
It's also important for the US not to be rigid about the definition of democracy and to understand that liberal democracy, in strict terms, does not provide the sole route to modernisation in all contexts and value systems.
First, is the concept of basic human values, by which Locke means those values that are common to many, or all value systems; values such as belief in god, commitment to one's cultural community, respect for human life, etc. which though they may have multifarious manifestations, are in a more general way common to most, if not all groups.
In times of plenty all value systems function similarly.
We wanted to look at an economy that was capitalist in form but with very broad social welfare institutions that would still take care of all the values cherished by the socialist system.
Fans, amateur players, enthusiasts, television audiences, and ticket buyers are all complicit in the contextual value system here.
