Human Value

 

Human Values- Concept and Importance

Human values are the core values that make up our personality and define how we act in life. These values are very important as they make up who we are and are what guide us through life. The values that we hold determine who we want to be as well as how we live our lives and the decisions that we make on an everyday basis. Without these values, our lives would become chaotic and there would be no meaning behind any of the things that we do or say.

All humans have these values in some way or another, and it is up to us to choose which values we hold most dear. The 20th century philosopher Martha Nussbaum puts forth a list of ten innate human values: truth, beauty, justice, courage, temperance, wisdom, love, equality, modesty and hope. These are values that all humans should try to uphold as they go through their day-to-day lives. It is also important for society at large to recognize these values and make them explicit in social systems, institutions and organizations so that people will always know what they stand for.

Importance of Human Values:

The importance of human values is that it provides an understanding of what people find to be important in their lives. There are many different aspects of human values. For example, integrity, morality, and benevolence are all aspects of human values. The value system is not static and can change depending on context or social situation. This means that some people have a certain set of values for one context but may have completely different values in another context. One specific aspect of values is the idea of self-esteem. Self-esteem has two forms: internal and external self-esteem. External self-esteem deals with how others perceive you while internal self-esteem deals with how you perceive yourself. If someone has high external esteem, they want to make sure other people think highly of them as well whereas if someone has high internal esteem, they only want other people to like them because they do themselves

Types of Human Values:

The 6 types of human values are autonomy, community, creativity, justice, power and self-direction. These values are the things that motivate us to do what we do and make decisions based on these values.