WhatArePeopleGoodfor
？艾娜·科林娜·布朗 / InaCqrinneBrown
One’sbeliefsarerevealednotsomuchinwordsorinformalcreedsasintheassumptionsonwhichonehabituallyactsandinthebasicvaluesbywhichallchoicesaretested.
， “Whatwillpeoplethink？” Thequestionwas， “Whatwillyouthinkofyourselfifyoudothisorfailtodothat？” Thuslivinguptoone’sownconceptionofoneselfbecameabasicvalueandthequestion “Whatwillpeoplethink？” tookasubordinateplace.
Asecondbasicvalue， insomewaysanextensionofthefirst， ：“.”
， disappointment， ’， fortitude， dignityandcompassionareourchoice， thethingsthatcanhappentouslosetheirpoweroverus.
， oneisnotimpressedbyanother’smoney， statusorpower， nordoesonejudgepeoplebytheirrace， ， forwhenfriendshipsarebasedonqualitiesofmindandcharacteronecanhavefriendsamongoldandyoung， richandpoor， famousandunknown， educatedandunlettered， andamongpeopleofallracesandallnations.
Giventhesethreebasicvalues， ’sdutyandobligationtohelpcreateasocialorderinwhichpersonsaremoreimportantthanthings， ideasmorepreciousthangadgets， ， .
， andtheymustprotectthemselvesandtheirownfrombodilyharm， ， pray， orfeelcompassion， whenweenjoyapainting， asunsetorasonata， whenwethinkandreason， pursueideas， seektruth， orreadabook， whenweprotecttheweakandhelpless， whenwehonorthenobleandcherishthegood， whenweco-operatewithourfellowmentobuildabetterworld， ourbehaviorisworthyofourstatusashumanbeings.
相较于言辞和形式主义的教条而言，一个人的习惯性行为和用以考察其所做抉择的基本价值观念更能反映出一个人的信仰。
