The Nobility of Reason and Value Nobility - The state or quality of being exalted in character. The human attributes which have built all civilization are reason and value. Reason is the ability to determine what is #SelfEvident about nature and the environment in which we find ourselves. It is also the ability to apply what is self-evident to one's benefit. #Value is the measure in which we interact. Offering of one's abilities or resources in exchange for another's abilities or resources. #Commerce. The exchange of value for value. Much of the public dialogue today is asking us as a civilization and as a people to abandon these qualities on which for thousands of years we have so much relied. It is an ignoble approach to the real problems and perceived problems that we must address. #Feelings are used in place of reason. #Greed is used in place of value. We have abandoned reason and value for #Irrationality and #Altruism. The language of division and jealousy are the tools of this philosophy. They are going completely against the founding principles of this nation. Where the characteristics of value and reason should be the focus. Dialogue has moved to attributes that are all focused on the accidents of birth. There is no choice in one's genetic makeup. Reason and value are attributes one can give oneself. It is only a matter of endeavoring to place the importance of these attributes within ourselves and recognize them in others.