Values

Our values strongly affect our decisions. Everyday we make decisions. Since we live in a community, they affect us as well as other people.

At an individual level what are our values. I have stated on this blog two values that are important to me.
1) Integrity
2) Truth

Everyone can determine a set of values and create a hierarchy on the basis of how much is important to them. Some peolpe want to embrace certain values such as safety, love , friendship, responsibility etc. Some may want to move away from some values such as rejection, failure, guilt etc.

Whether we honour our values or violate our values or other peoples values can be determined by our behaviour. For example, money is a value. If someone is out to make money regardless of how he makes it, he would violate several other values.

This is why safeguards against such behaviour are important and penalties be justly meted out when they occur. It is important to remember that money has no worth in itself, it makes other values possible. It is a means to an end, it buys things you want, both tangible and intangible. Money is a very powerful incentive both for good as well as bad behaviour.