VALUES

WHAT ARE VALUES?

 Basic and fundamental beliefs

that guide or motivate attitudes or
actions
 Help us to determine what is

important to us.
 WHAT ARE VALUES?
 Values describe the personal
qualities we choose to embody to
guide our actions; the sort of
person we want to be; the manner
in which we treat ourselves and
others, and our interaction with the
world around us.
 They provide the general

guidelines for conduct.

 WHAT ARE VALUES?
 Values have three dimensions:

1)Cognitive
2)Affective
3)Behavioral

 Values formation is a training of

the intellect and the will
 VALUES
REFLECTION:
ARE VALUES TAUGHT OR CAUGHT?

OPINION: VALUES CAN BE TAUGHT

AND CAUGHT
 CRITERIA FOR VALUES
CLARIFICATION
1) Freely Chosen
2) Chosen from Among Alternatives
3) Chosen after Due Reflection
4) Prized and Cherished
5) Publicly Affirmed
6) Incorporated Into Actual Behavior
7) Acted Upon Repeatedly in One’s Life
 HONESTY
 It connotes positive and virtuous
attributes such as integrity,
truthfulness, straightforwardness,
including straightforwardness of
conduct, along with the absence of
lying, cheating, theft, etc.
 It involves being trustworthy, loyal,
fair, and sincere.
 "Honesty is the best policy"- Edwin
Sandys
 COURAGE
 It is defined as the willingness to
confront agony, pain, danger,
uncertainty, or intimidation.
 Physical courage is bravery in the
face of physical pain, hardship, death
or threat of death
 Moral courage is the ability to act
rightly in the face of popular
opposition, shame, scandal,
discouragement, or personal loss.
 FIDELITY
 It is defined as a quality of faithfulness
or loyalty.
 Its original meaning regarded duty in a
broader sense
 Derived from the Latin word fidēlis,
meaning "faithful or loyal".
 In the City of London financial markets
it has traditionally been used in the
sense encompassed in the motto "My
word is my bond".
 CHASTITY
 the quality or state of being chaste
such as:
(a) abstention from unlawful sexual
intercourse
(b) abstention from all sexual intercourse
(c) purity in conduct and intention
(d) restraint and simplicity in design or
expression
 personal integrity
 SELF-DISCIPLINE

 ability to control yourself and to make

yourself work hard or behave in a
particular way without needing anyone
else to tell you what to do.
 SELF-RELIANCE
 reliance on one's own powers
and resources rather than those
of others.
 RESPECT
 Also called esteem, it is a positive
feeling or action shown towards
someone or something considered
important, or held in high esteem or
regard.
 It conveys a sense of admiration for
good or valuable qualities.
 It is also the process of honoring
someone by exhibiting care, concern,
or consideration for their needs or
feelings.
 JUSTICE
 It is the quality of being just, impartial,
or fair
 It is the principle or ideal of just dealing
or right action
 It is the conformity to this principle or
ideal : RIGHTEOUSNESS
 It is conformity to truth, fact, or reason
: CORRECTNESS
 Types of Justice
 social justice - the notion that everyone
deserves equal economic, political, and social
opportunities irrespective of race, gender, or
religion.
 distributive justice - refers to the equitable
allocation of assets in society.
 environmental justice – refers to the fair
treatment of all people with regard to
environmental burdens and benefits.
 restorative or corrective justice - seeks to
make whole those who have suffered unfairly.
 KINDNESS
 the quality of being friendly, generous, and
considerate.
 "helpfulness towards someone in need, not
in return for anything, nor for the advantage
of the helper himself, but for that of the
person helped" – Aristotle
 "most curative herbs and agents in human
intercourse" - Nietzsche
 FRIENDSHIP
 a relationship of mutual affection
between people
 is a stronger form of interpersonal
bond than an association
 LOVE
 A virtue representing human
kindness, compassion, and
affection, as "the unselfish loyal
and benevolent concern for the
good of another.”
 It may also describe
compassionate and affectionate
actions towards other humans,
one's self or animals.
 LOYALTY

 In general it is defined as devotion

and faithfulness to a nation, cause,
philosophy, country, group, or
person.
 Being loyal is being devoted and
vulnerable, but never naive.