A person’s belief and value
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come from many areas of life including family, religion, science,
school, government, and social and other media outlets. Participating
in any of these areas
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the way we think, feel, and view the world.
Beliefs
and values are quite similar in meaning, and both have strong
influences on each other. Since they are so
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,
we will list them together in our examples below, but for overly
simplistic definitions you can define them as below:
Beliefs
(belief system): How we
generally define life. How we
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what is right and wrong; what is acceptable and
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.
The things we believe to be true about the world, or even to believe
that there is no truth.
Values
:
The things that are most
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to us and how we
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them. Love, money, power, friendship, family, community and so on.
Some basic beliefs and values are:
honesty, courage, loyalty, hard work, and kindness. But not all
cultures actually
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values. Most parents across the globe teach their children that
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is bad. Nevertheless, in some cultures, lying and
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my not be considered bad if no one gets hurt and the
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doesn’t get caught.
Though many countries place a high
value on family and relationships, there are others whose culture or
subculture emphasizes
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desire for money and all the things it can buy.
A person’s belief and value system come from many areas of life including family, religion, science, school, government, and social and other media outlets. Participating in any of these areas influences the way we think, feel, and view the world.
Beliefs and values are quite similar in meaning, and both have strong influences on each other. Since they are so intertwined , we will list them together in our examples below, but for overly simplistic definitions you can define them as below:
Beliefs (belief system): How we generally define life. How we determine what is right and wrong; what is acceptable and unacceptable . The things we believe to be true about the world, or even to believe that there is no truth.
Values : The things that are most important to us and how we rank them. Love, money, power, friendship, family, community and so on.
Some basic beliefs and values are: honesty, courage, loyalty, hard work, and kindness. But not all cultures actually hold to these values. Most parents across the globe teach their children that lying is bad. Nevertheless, in some cultures, lying and cheating my not be considered bad if no one gets hurt and the cheater doesn’t get caught.
Though many countries place a high value on family and relationships, there are others whose culture or subculture emphasizes materialism—the desire for money and all the things it can buy.
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