Euthenics B

VALUES
Stefany B. Turno, LPT.
WMSU visiting lecturer

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 Values
• The word “value” comes from the Latin
word, “valere” which means “be worth”.
• These are individual beliefs that motivate
people to act one way or another.
• Denotes the degree of importance of some
thing or action, with the aim of determining
what actions are best to do or what way is
best to live.

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 Types of Values
Universal values
- Set of norms of coexistence that are
valid, accepted by a community at a certain
time, but also shared by the vast majority of
people around the world.

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 Types of Values
Universal values
 True : Agreement or agreement between
what is thought, what is said, what is felt
and what is done.
 Responsibility : It is the moral obligation to
respond for our actions, without anyone
obliging us, but for the ”must be”.

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 Types of Values
Universal values
 Justice : Know and accept which part is
right and give it by right.
 Freedom : A fundamental principle and an
inalienable human right to be able to act
and to think according to our own criterion
and will, without nothing or nobody to
curtail us.
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 Types of Values
Universal values
 Goodness : Inherent quality to the man
where the good prevails over any other
feeling.
 Honesty : Human quality that makes the
acts of your life are attached to integrity,
truth, justice and righteousness.

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 Types of Values
Universal values
 Love : Virtue that allows to feel and to
express the feelings of kindness, affection
and compassion.
 Friendship : Feeling of affection and
closeness between people who share a
certain affinity.

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 Types of Values
Universal values
 Respect : Acceptance, consideration and
delicacy in the treatment of people,
animals, and the environment, thanks to
the recognition of their qualities or merits.
 Trust : Hope, security or act of faith from
one person to another or to their
environment.
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 Types of Values
Universal values
 Solidarity : It is the moral commitment that
people acquire to help themselves and
support one another and to commit
themselves to common causes.
 Understanding : The ability of an individual
to put himself in another’s place and to
understand his point of view.
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 Types of Values
Human values
- Norms and principles that are taught to
us from birth and grow as an intrinsic part of
our being.

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 Types of Values
Human values
Within these values ​can be added:
 Humility
 Loyalty
 Sensitivity
 Prudence
 Will

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 Types of Values
Personal values
• Beyond the values ​instilled throughout our
lives, each individual by their beliefs, their
experiences and their particular way of
thinking and being, adapts them in a
unique and personal way. 
• This is also determined in great measure
by the personal experiences of each one.
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 Types of Values
Personal values
 Faithfulness
 Gratitude
 Discipline
 Patience
 Constancy
 Empathy
 Understanding 
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 Types of Values
Family values
- They are the set of beliefs accepted and
practiced within the family, product of the
tradition and the particular experiences of
the same.

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 Types of Values
Family values
Some family values ​are:
 Union
 Respect
 Joy
 Sincerity

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 Types of Values
Sociocultural Values
- The set of beliefs broader and accepted by
a society that shares common codes.
- Relationships of respect and harmony can
be established among many individuals who
may think differently and have diverse histories,
but who understand and respect general norms.

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 Types of Values
Sociocultural Values
 Patriotism
 Cultural identity
 Self-control
 Punctuality
 Service vocation
 Generosity

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 Types of Values
Moral values
- Serve to make decisions that are framed
within ethics. Morality tells us how to act in specific
situations, and allows us to respond to the
question” what should we do?” In the face of each
situation.
- Seek the happiness and self-realization
through kindness, honesty and other human
virtues, with preponderance of freedom directed
by reason.
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 Types of Values
Ethical values
 Ethics takes actions in function of the moral
beliefs of the individual. Basically they are the
same moral values, but if you will, in a more
pragmatic field.
 Moral values ​act in a more philosophical field,
more internal of the person and then, the
decisions and actions taken as a result of their
reflection, determine their ethical values.
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 Types of Values
Aesthetic values
- They have the ultimate purpose of
beauty, and to get it involved other aspects
such as harmony and balance. It refers to
physical properties that produce aesthetic
enjoyment.

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 Types of Values
Spiritual and religious values
- They are beliefs that are given by faith and
not so much by specific norms or laws or created
by men to guarantee order.
- They are associated with immaterial and
intangible aspects, but they can become very
profound and govern the behavior of the human
being in the other aspects of his life. Here we
find basically Faith and Holiness.
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 Types of Values
Material Values
- As its name implies, these values ​do not
have to do with the philosophical, moral or
thinking aspects, but with concrete elements
that coexist with people and help them to
subsist and live more comfortably.
- These values ​are related to material goods
that cover basic needs such as clothing, food,
health and leisure.
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 Types of Values
Economic values
- When one speaks of an economic value,
one usually refers to the material,
commercial or monetary value of some good
or physical object.
- It is a term mostly used for what has to
do with wealth generation or material
growth.
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 Types of Values
Pragmatic values
- It is the practical value of things, their
functionality or ability to use, attributes that
make an object useful or facilitate some
task.

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 Functions of Values
 Values provide goals or ends for the
members to aim for.
 Values provide for stabilities and uniformities
in group interaction.
 Values bring legitimacy to the rules that
govern specific activities.
 Values reflect our sense of right and wrong.
 Values help us grow and develop.
 Values help us model the personality and
forge the character.
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