Defining Your Value System: What You Hold To Be Right and True A value system is a rational set of morals brought up by an organization, society, or an individual as a norm of guidance towards their behaviors (Hebel, 1998). Almost all the time, people depend on these fundamental principles on what is wrong and right. Whether one is aware of it or not, different sets of personal core values vary upon each person. Such values include integrity, authenticity, compassion, courage, and truthfulness to name a few. Your values define who you are. At times, there is a huge gap between how people become aware of their values and the way they live their lives. We can overcome our most difficult beliefs, habits, and challenges by setting them aside and replacing them with the true values that conform to our lives. Anything that is considered destructive or jeopardizing towards our development professionally and personally should be put aside (“How Values,” n.d.). Understanding our core values doesn’t just simply give us direction and guidance towards living a purposeful life, but it gives us sentimental fulfillment and happiness while at the same time bettering ourselves to become better people. The development of our value systems are traced back from the following sources such as genetics, culture, and natural law. Genetics is the processing of children inheriting traits from their parents. Significantly, a huge part of our value system comes from genetic determination (Mueller & Grodin, 2013). A part of our value system can be changed due to the role of environmental factor genes. Half of our happiness is believed to be genetically determined. As for the other half, according to studies, isolated events that happened in our lifetime ... ... middle of paper ... ...ttp://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/Columns/Ethics/CulturalValuesandEthicalConflicts.html Mueller, A., & Grodin, M. A. (2013, October). Religion and genetics: an inextricable link. Retrieved February 9, 2014, from http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/genewatch/GeneWatchPage.aspx?pageId=501&archive=yes Some core principles, assumptions, and values to guide the work. (n.d.). Retrieved February 9, 2014, from http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/overview/model-for-community-change-and-improvement/core-principles-and-values/main Valsiner, J. (2007). Personal culture and conduct of value. Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, 1(2), 59-65. Williams, S. (n.d.). Clarifying and applying personal values. Retrieved February 9, 2014, from http://www.wright.edu/~scott.williams/LeaderLetter/values.htm
Value is someone’s moral standard of right and wrong, and is based off of one’s motivations or aspirations of life. Common values include loyalty, patriotism, and trust.
Values -Everyone has them. Where do those values come from? In literature, one can find the answer to that question by taking a close look at characters and their values. They can be compatible to real life experiences. Look at the two stories, "Abuela Invents the Zero" by Judith Ortiz Cofer, and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. The main characters in the stories are Constancia from "Abuela Invents the Zero" and the Four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth from Little Women. These two stories demonstrate how Experiences can shape, and change values.
(1994). Beyond Individualism/Collectivism: New Cultural Dimensions of Values. In U.Kim, H.C. Triandis, C. Kagitcibasi, S. Choi & G. Yoon (Eds.). Individualism and Collectivism: Theory, Method, and Applications. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp. 112-115.
Society is focused around the principles of human values and thus these values define human beings as individuals. Values allow individuals the ability to contemplate decisions and ideals based on a given situation and how the individual feels in regard to the specific situation, whatever it may be. It is highly improbable that an individual will not evoke on specific personal values throughout any part of the day, because human values guide human actions. Positive values are values that conjure joy and satisfaction; Morality, Empathy, Honesty, Love, Knowledge, Faith, and Leadership. While negative values involve struggle and sadness; prejudgment, loathing, greediness, self-regard, etc.
Suzuki, David and Peter Knudtson. Genethics: The Clash Between the New Genetics and Human Values. Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Mass; 1989.
4- Suzuki, David, and Peter Kundtson. Genethics: the clash between the new genetics and human values. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990.
We all come from different backgrounds with different cultural influences. In this paper I will compare my value systems with those of others. I will look at my own personal unconscious biases and how I can overcome these blind spots. I will discuss ways of how I can grow in my cultural competence.
Moore, David Scott. The Dependent Gene: The Fallacy of Nature/nurture. New York: Times, 2002. Print.
“However, attempts to find genes for homosexuality, intelligence, beauty, or criminality are, at best, the first steps to understanding the rich and complex ways in which we behave” (Riess).
Suzuki, David, and Peter Knudtson. Genethics: The Clash Between the New Genetics and Human Values. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989.
Value to me is what a person thinks of as important and the worth they place on that importance. Value means in regards to society, as it is defined by Dictionary.com, (2016), “the ideals, customs, institutions, etc., of a society toward which the people of the group have an affective regard. These values may be positive, as cleanliness, freedom, or education, or negative, as cruelty, crime, or blasphemy”. Social values for me goes hand in hand with my morals which have been influenced by my family, “my parents have instilled their value in me…hard work, determination, and perseverance; they have shown me that anything is possible”, (Laird-Magee, Gayle, & Preiss, 2015), my upbringing, culture both financial and ethnic, ancestral traditions,
Their research suggests that all humans, regardless of culture, face similar problems that must be faced (Cooper, 22). These problems are addressed in a variety of different ways; Kluckholn and Strodbeck’s value orientation is designed to evaluate the response of various cultures, and place them on a continuum. The evaluation is based on five basic problems presented by the researchers:
There are so many things that are important to me, but only a few that could greatly affect my life if I didn’t have or accomplish them. The biggest things to me are success, family, and freedom. These are all things that are essential to my life in so many different aspects.
A complex and relatively new field of study, behavioral genetics is particularly interesting because is sheds light on the inner workings of a favorite subject: ourselves. Human behavioral genetics is broadly defined as the examination and characterization of genes as a basis for human behavior. The link between genetics and behavior was first recognized by Sir Francis Galton, a 19th century scientist and cousin of the very famous Charles Darwin, who studied the heritability of mental abilities of close relatives and family members (Stigler, 2010). Since then, genetics has been linked to many more behavioral phenotypes from eating and mating activities to substance abuse, social attitudes, violence and mental abilities. Geneticists are able to study this by analyzing parallels in physical and behavioral characteristics of families and populations (Rothstein, 2005). However, as with many other new scientific fields, the study of behavioral genetics and its implications has been the subject of increasing scrutiny and controversy. While there are no conclusive findings as of yet, applications for this genetic information are likely to appear in areas such as education, employment, insurance, and criminal justice. With the findings of this genetic research having the ability to influence such expansive and important fields in our society, many people are concerned with the ethical, legal and social implications behavioral genetics raises. Who will be allowed access to such information, and for what purpose? There is a delicate line between what information could be vastly useful in our society, versus information that could be used in discriminatory and harmful fashion...
How do personal values shape culture, and how does culture affect our understanding and interpretation of seemingly ordinary things?