8 Values and Virtues
8 Values and Virtues
Learning Objective
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Key Understanding
Infer that values create meaning and purpose in a person’s life.
Key Questions
What values do Filipinos commonly adhere to?
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Values and Virtues
At the core of every
person lies a system of
beliefs that adheres to
the highest ideals of
human existence.
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5 Core Values for the Workplace
• Integrity
• Accountability
• Diligence
• Perseverance
• Discipline
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10 Basic Human Values
1. Self-Direction - independent
thought and action; choosing,
creating, and exploring
2. Stimulation – excitement,
novelty, and challenge in life
3. Hedonism – pleasure and
sensuous gratification for
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oneself
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10 Basic Human Values
4. Achievement – personal success through
demonstrating competence according to social
standards
5. Power – social status and prestige, and control or
dominance over people and resources
6. Security – safety, harmony, and stability of society, of
relationships, and of self
7. Conformity – restraint of actions, inclinations, and
impulses that are likely to upset or harm others and
violate social expectations or norms
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10 Basic Human Values
8. Tradition – respect, commitment, and
acceptance of the customs and ideas that
traditional culture or religion provide the self
9. Benevolence – preserving and enhancing the
welfare of those with whom one is in frequent
personal contact (the ‘in-group’)
10. Universalism – understanding, appreciation,
tolerance, and protection for the welfare of all
people and of nature
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Motivational Goals
1. openness to change
2. self-transcendence
3. self-enhancement
4. conservation
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Achievement and power
(self-enhancement)
lies in contradiction to
universalism and
benevolence (self-
transcendence), as
stimulation
and self-direction
(openness to
change) is opposite
conformity or tradition
and security
(conservation).
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Ten Groups or Values
1. Universalism 6. Power
2. Benevolence 7. Achievement
3. Tradition 8. Hedonism
4. Conformity 9. Stimulation
5. Security 10. Self-direction
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Values are influenced by:
• Gender
• Age
• Social background
• Educational attainment
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Five Values Four Basic
Universal Values
1. Right conduct
2. Peace
1.Life
3. Truth
2.Respect
4. Love
3.Love
5. Non-violence
4.Integrity
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Activity
1. Watch this video: Ted Talks- Rick Warren, On a Life of
Purpose (http://www.ted.com/talks/rick_
warren_on_a_life_of_purpose)
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Virtues - are adjectives that describe
positive and desirable qualities which
usually mirror a value it represents.
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Exercise
Identify some behaviors (positive or
negative, pleasant or unpleasant) that you
see every day around you. Describe the
behavior and figure out what could
possibly be the attitude behind the
behavior. What value/s do you think is/are
being projected or is/are lacking in the
behavior?
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