Principles and values

1. Principles and values

2. Beliefs 1) Expectancies(realistic or not); 2) Understandings(accurate or not) about how things are: • believing in certain benefits and limitations of education, medicine, science, or religions.

3. Principles • The source or origin of anything; • A fundamental truth or law of action; • Inform our choice of values, morals and ethics.

4. Values Our ideas about how things should be, i.e. the ideals we hope to strive for. Divided into: 1) Desirable life goals (happiness or success); 2) Guiding principles (e.g. hard working or honesty).

5. Values 1) Ranked in importance from morally crucial: • honesty • tolerance • freedom • justice 2) To slight non - moral preferences: • a kind of music • style of dress we prefer.

6. Picking values • In a haphazard, piece-meal fashion from: • Friends • Parents • The media • Teachers • Popular heroes • Clergy

7. Benefits of knowing your principles and values Enable us: 1) To make informed choices and judgments; 2) To predict likely outcomes of our actions; 3) Helps us avoid information overload.

8. Values influencing behavior • A strong value of achievement and success: a general expectation of a person’s behavior: • goal oriented; • proactive; • hard working; • gaining the skills necessary to get what one want;

9. From principle to value • Love – the principle of principles – care, affection, acceptance • Respect for human dignity, life, privacy – courtesy, tolerance, cooperation • Equality and Justice – responsibility, tolerance, compassion

10. From principle to value • Accountability – restraint, good intentions • Integrity – genuineness, consistency, openness, empathy