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WHAT
ARE SOCIETY'S
VALUES? |
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by
Roy Posner
"The social organization consists of a single interconnected fabric.
The threads and the weave of the fabric are formed by the multidimensional
interaction of social activities, organizations, institutions and values."
(MSS)
"The ultimate determinants of the power of social
organization are the values of society."
(MSS)
I. List of
Values of
Society (alphabetical)
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Accomplishment
Accountability
Accuracy
Act on things
Adventure
All for One; One
for All
Athletics/Sports, Competitive
Attitude,
Right
Authority
Behavior,
Proper-
Beauty
(of
environment, art, people, etc.)
Benefits to All
Calm, Quietude
Celebrity-Worship
Challenge
Change
Charity
Chastity, Purity
Children, Nurturing of
Civic Duty
Civic Pride
Civil Rights
Cleanliness,
Orderliness
Collaboration
Collective, Needs of the
Commitment
Common Purpose
Communication
Community
Compassion
Competence
Competition,
Competitiveness
Concern for Others
Conformity
Consensus
Consumer
Rights
Content Over Form
Continuity
(from past)
Continuous
Improvement
Cooperation
Coordination,
Integration
Courage
Courtesy
Creativity
Culture (art, etc.)
Decisiveness
Democracy
(representative government)
Determination
Diplomacy
(over confrontation)
Direction, Purposefulness
Discipline
Discovery |
Diversity
Duty
Education (Right to, need of, value in)
Efficiency
Empowerment
of Individual
Entertainment
Essential Services, right to
Equal Opportunity
Excellence
Fairness
Family
Family Values-honor parents, Nurture
children, etc.
Fate
Fitness
Flair
Flexibility
Force
Fraternity
Freedom
Free Will
Friendliness
Friendship
Fun
Generosity
Genius
Global View
Goodness
Government Power
Gratitude
Grievances, Right to express
Happiness,
Pursuit of
Hard Work
Harmony,
Unity, Oneness
Health
& Well-Being
Helpfulness
Hero-worship
Heroism
Honesty, Truthfulness
Honor
Hospitality
Human Rights
Individuality
Inner Directedness
Informed, Being-
Innovation
Integration of
People Types
Intelligence
Integrity
Justice
Knowledge
Leadership
Learning |
Loyalty
Environmental, Concern for
Equal
Opportunity
Equality
Factual
Faith
Lifestyle,
a certain
Love (Romance, other forms of)
Knowledge
Majority Rule
Mannered,
Well-
Maximum
utilization
(of time, resources)
Meaning
Merit
Minority Rights
Money, Wealth
Nation's
Status
(in World)
Nutrition
Neighborliness
Openness, Open-mindedness
Orderliness
Organization, Systemization
Outer
Directedness
Participation
(e.g.
in democracy, decisions)
Patriotism, Country
Peace, Non-Violence
Perfection
Perseverance
("never give up")
Personal Growth (human potential)
Philosophy, a
certain
Pioneer Individual
Pleasure
Popular Will (deferring to)
Power
Practicality
Preservation
Privacy
Progress, Improvement
Prosperity
Protection (of law, etc.)
Public Access
Punctuality
Quality (of work, service etc.)
Rationality
Reason
Regularity
Regulation & Control
Religious Life
Resourcefulness |
Rule of, Respect for Law
Respect for Others
(individuals, cultures,
races)
Respect for the Individual
Respect for
Elders
Responsibility, Taking-
Responsiveness
Results-oriented
Right to Bear Arms
Romance of
Life
Ritual
Rule of Law, Legality
Sacrifice
Safety
Safety Net
(for elderly, unemployed, etc.)
Security
Self-givingness
Self-Improvement
Self-Reliance
Self-Respect, Self-Worth
Seriousness
Service (to
others, society)
Simplicity
Sincerity
Skill
Solitude
Speed
Spirituality, Spirit
Stability
Status
(individual, social,
collective, nation's, etc.)
Standardization
Strength
(physical, psychological, power, force)
Subtlety (beyond
the seen)
Succeed: A Will to-
Success,
Achievement
Teamwork
Thinking,
Thought
Timeliness
Tolerance
Tradition
Tranquility
Truth,
Seeking the underlying-
Trust
Valuing
Values
Variety
Wealth
Wisdom
Women's Rights
World Unity |
(Also
see the following list of
personal values
and business values that can be
implemented in a business.)
II. Thoughts on
Society's Values
Click Here to Read Thoughts
III. Society's Values Categorized by Spiritual Powers
Here is another view of many of the above values, categorized by
fundamental spiritual powers of existence. (Some values appear in more than one category. Others that are
listed once may also deserve to be related to another category to some
degree.) Let us say that
a collective - e.g. a family, a community, an organization, a state, nation,
culture, or society overall - becomes aware that one of these aspects are seriously lacking;
such as a deficient sense of Oneness in that collective. An effort can then be
made to understand, appreciate, focus on, and
implement a handful of the values that fall under that
spiritual power. (In this case implement cooperation, coordination,
consensus, etc. under the spiritual principle/category of Oneness).
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Oneness
All for One; One for
All
Benefits to All
Collaboration
Collective, Needs of
the
Common Purpose
Communication
Community
Concern for others
Consensus
Consumer Rights
Cooperation
Coordination,
Integration
Diplomacy
(over
Confrontation)
Equality
Fairness
Family
Family Values-honor
parents, Nurture children, etc.
Fraternity
Global View
Harmony
Integration
Neighborliness
Oneness of purpose
Organization
Popular Will
(deferring to)
Diplomacy
(over confrontation)
Regulation & Control
Respect for Others
(individuals, cultures, races)
Service (to others, society)
Spirituality, Spirit
Teamwork
Unity
World Unity
Truth
Accountability
Accuracy
Act on things
Change?
Content over form
Factual
Honesty
Integrity
Justice
Meaning
Public Access
Rationality
Reason
Sincerity
Spirituality, Spirit
Truth |
Goodness
Attitude, Right
Behavior, Proper-
Benefits to All
Charity
Chastity, Purity
Compassion
Concern for others
Consumer Rights
Cooperation
Courtesy
Equal Opportunity
Essential Services,
right to
Fairness
Friendliness
Generosity
Goodness
Gratitude
Grievances, right to
express
Helpfulness
Hospitality
Justice
Openness,
Open-mindedness
Regulation & Control
Sacrifice
Safety Net
(for elderly,
unemployed, etc.)
Safety?
Self-givingness
Service
Spirituality, Spirit
Tolerance
Trust
Knowledge
Diplomacy
(over confrontation)
Education
(Right to, need
of, value in)
Genius
Informed, Being-
Intelligence
Knowledge
Learning
Meaning
Openness,
Open-mindedness
Philosophy, a certain
Public Access
Reason
Skill
Spirituality, Spirit
Thinking, Thought
Wisdom
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Power/Strength
Accomplishment
Accountability
Act on things
Authority
Commitment
Courage
Decisiveness
Determination
Direction,
Purposefulness
Discipline
Empowerment of
Individual
Force
Government Power
Hard Work
Health & Well-Being
Money/Wealth
Perseverance
Power
Prosperity
Purposefulness
Regularity
Results-oriented
Rule of Law, Legality
Self-Reliance
Skill
Spirituality, Spirit
Status
(individual, social,
collective, nation's, etc.)
Strength
(physical,
psychological, power, force)
Success, Achievement
Wealth
Delight of Being
Entertainment
Fun
Happiness, Pursuit
of
Pleasure
Romance of Life
Self-Improvement
Spirituality, Spirit
Love
Celebrity-Worship
Children, Nurturing
of
Children, Nurturing
of
Civic Pride
Family
Family Values-honor
parents, Nurture children, etc.
Friendliness
Friendship
Love
(Romance, other
forms of)
Loyalty
Romance of life
Spirituality, Spirit |
Beauty (harmony of form)
Accuracy
Beauty
(of environment,
art, people, etc.)
Cleanliness,
Orderliness
Culture
(art, etc.)
Efficiency
Environmental,
Concern for
Fitness
Health & Well-Being
Mannered, Well-
Orderliness
Organization
Perfection
Pleasure
Quality
(of work, service
etc.)
Simplicity
Spirituality, Spirit
Systemization
Creator in Life
Adventure
Continuous
Improvement
Creativity
Direction,
Purposefulness
Discovery
Individuality?
Innovation
Pioneer
Progress
Resourcefulness
Responsibility,
Taking
Romance of life
Self-reliance
Spirituality, Spirit
Peace
Calm, quietude,
Faith
Peace, Non-Violence
Protection
(of law, etc.)
Regulation & Control
Rule of Law
Safety Net
(for elderly,
unemployed, etc.)
Security
Solitude
Spirituality, Spirit
Stability
Tranquility
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RELATED
INFORMATION:
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For a discussion of how
values are developed and implemented in the business environment, click
here.
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For a discussion of
personal values for the individual, click
here.
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of other mini thoughts on the topic of Values,
please click
here.
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