Human Values

Morality or moral values are the forms of conduct accepted and followed by a society. Ones moral values often reflect their personality and their nature as well. It is very important to value these things.

Man is a social animal. We live in a society, where there are certain social norms and rules to be followed in order to be a part of these groups. Remember, you will be judged based on your moral judgments as they uphold your values. If we have to subjectively classify the values, then we can classify into three categories in a very broad sense.

The values which we prefer to uphold can be classified into preferential values. For instance, like we say, I prefer to jog in the morning. I value this activity. This says more about you as an individual. Most of the ethical values as explained in the common terms do not hold any value here. These are more of an acquired value for what you do.

Then there are those which we value only till we get to the final destinations. These are generally classified as instrumental values. For instance, knowing a skill is important to me only until it gets me a source of income. Or like a means of transportation which I value only until I reach my destination.

Something’s are which have value in itself, can be classified as intrinsic values. These are some values of life which we value for it. For instance, good health, sound body, these are valued for itself and not for anything else.

Values Of Families

We talk about values all the time and yet most of us aren’t even sure how to define values. When we talk about family values, we aren’t talking about anything specific. One family’s set of values ranges, often dramatically, from another family’s set. This is true through the world. What one person believes is a strong set of values another might take issue with. It is a rather complex subject that bears investigation. You can’t set up your own values let alone your family’s if you don’t really even know what they are to begin with.

Values do not imply making judgments on other people and their life. Rather, it has everything to with simply being the best person you can be. When we shadow another family in the cast of the ardent values we have set for ourselves and condemn them for not living up to them what other values are in play? Since when does condemnation create for good values? Love, acceptance, and peace are the values that we are all trying to get to and yet we keep getting in our own way because we hold the belief that our set is better than everyone else’s.

It is not an easy thing to disagree with someone and the way in which they live while still recognizing that their values are not wrong, just different. The decisions you make regarding your own moral compass belong to you and it’s likely that you wouldn’t respond well to someone else’s questions regarding your choice of values no matter what books or evidence you think you have backing you up.

The value of life

Life has always been considered to be the main value. All attempts to question the value of life were not successful. Curiously enough but the most sworn enemies of this value is religion. Religion is concentrated on the afterlife and that is why this value is competitive to religious views. Religion teaches us, that this life is meant for our preparation for the passage to another world. Church teaches us to avoid enjoyments of this world. They are said to divert our attention from our main goal. As you see, these ideas are not popular today. The number of people, who think so and support these views, is decreasing. People value life more and more. This is a good tendency, indeed. However, some youth organizations build their views on denying the value of life and propagate death, but fortunately they are not very popular in comparison with the number of people, who love life. Religious activists call us to give up the vanities of this world and turn to eternal values. The very phrase "eternal values" is an implicit negation of the value of life, because life is temporary. This up to you to decide, whether you stick to "eternal values", or live for the day and enjoy life.