Comments on: Values: First results from the National Assembly http://icelandweatherreport.com/2009/11/values-%e2%80%93-first-results-from-the-national-assembly.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://icelandweatherreport.com/2009/11/values-%e2%80%93-first-results-from-the-national-assembly.html/comment-page-1#comment-10692 James Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:48:18 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=2833#comment-10692 I'd still put money on it being the other way around: honesty is one of the main pillars of integrity because integrity also includes your methods and actions, not just the truth of your communications. It's interesting that Icelandic doesn't clearly distinguish between the two - perhaps the English have historically had a greater need to discuss honest people lacking integrity! I’d still put money on it being the other way around: honesty is one of the main pillars of integrity because integrity also includes your methods and actions, not just the truth of your communications. It’s interesting that Icelandic doesn’t clearly distinguish between the two – perhaps the English have historically had a greater need to discuss honest people lacking integrity!

]]> By: alda http://icelandweatherreport.com/2009/11/values-%e2%80%93-first-results-from-the-national-assembly.html/comment-page-1#comment-10674 alda Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:04:00 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=2833#comment-10674 James - Icelandic doesn't really have a proper word for "integrity" -- honesty comes closest, and I reckon integrity is incorporated in this value. In fact, I'd even put money on this being one of its main pillars. James – Icelandic doesn’t really have a proper word for “integrity” — honesty comes closest, and I reckon integrity is incorporated in this value. In fact, I’d even put money on this being one of its main pillars.

]]> By: James http://icelandweatherreport.com/2009/11/values-%e2%80%93-first-results-from-the-national-assembly.html/comment-page-1#comment-10672 James Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:48:19 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=2833#comment-10672 I just posted this comment on your previous post, then saw you'd just done a post on values, so here it is on the appropriate page! I wonder how Icelanders’ choice of important values varies over time. I guess it was the behaviour of the kreppa’s politicians, bankers and businessmen that pushed honesty to the top spot. I personally would have chosen integrity, which apparently didn’t make it into the top four values. There are a lot of honest bankers and businessmen that are severly lacking integrity – and the worst thing is that they’d deny it on grounds of market forces, social Darwinism, etc. I just posted this comment on your previous post, then saw you’d just done a post on values, so here it is on the appropriate page!

I wonder how Icelanders’ choice of important values varies over time. I guess it was the behaviour of the kreppa’s politicians, bankers and businessmen that pushed honesty to the top spot. I personally would have chosen integrity, which apparently didn’t make it into the top four values. There are a lot of honest bankers and businessmen that are severly lacking integrity – and the worst thing is that they’d deny it on grounds of market forces, social Darwinism, etc.

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