Universal Values

Basic Human Values

Value - the quality that weans people, events, or situation - UN Secretary General

- used to design moral characteristics - Freedom, solidarity, equality, tolerance, respect for nature and
shared responsibility are essential to the international relations
Universal - refers to the set of all things created and what is
in the 21st century
common to all mankind
- They also created Millenium Development Goals
Universal Value - formed by implied behavioral standards that
necessarily to live in a harmonious and peaceful society

BASIC UNIVERSAL HUMAN VALUES

Schwartz Concept of Universal Value 1. Happiness

* Schwartz defined value as the conception of desirable that - Eternal happiness is the ultimate value of all religious
influence the way people select action and evaluate events. people
* According to his study, there are 56 specific universal values
2. Peace
and 10 types of universal values.
- Has to be seen as basic condition for freedom and
happiness
Types of Universal Values
3. Love
1. Power - social power and prestige, control or dominance over
- In general sense, it is defined as feelings or an experience
people and resources
of deep connectedness or oneness
2. Achievement - personal success through demonstrating
4. Freedom
competence according to social standard
- experience of unrestricted, as much a possible
3. Hedonism - pleasure or sensuous gratification of oneself
independent of the social pressure
4. Stimulation - excitement, novelty, and challenge in life.
- a basic condition for happiness is the experience of inner
5. Self-Direction - independent thought and action-choosing, and mental freedom
creating and exploring
5. Safety
6. Universalism - understanding, appreciation, tolerance, and
- means free from threat, fear, and survival stress
protection for the welfare of all people for nature
6. Intelligence
7. Benevolence - preservation and enhancement of the welfare
of people with whom one is frequent personal contact. - it has been defined in many different ways to include the
capacity for logic, understanding, learning, reasoning,
8. Tradition - respect, commitment ad acceptance of the
planning, creativity, and problem solving
customs and ideas that traditional culture or religion provide
- the ability to perceive information and retain it as
knowledge to be applied
UN Charter on Universal Values
7. Human Respect
Values enshrined in United Nations Charter are respect for
-Most basic principle of social community is feelings of
fundamental human rights, social justice and human dignity,
connectedness which come out of our perception, empathy,
and respect for the equal rights of men and women
and awareness.
The suppliers of goods and services in UN are expected to
8. Equality
adhere
- came from old French and Latin words that means level
or equal
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Types of Equality
 1. Equality before Law

- the legal member of the legal association can

legitimately claim that all citizens must be
treated equally by law and no discrimination

2. Equal Protection of Law

- every individual has the right to claim equal

liberties with others.

9. Justice

- proper administration of the law

10. Nature

- understanding our physical dependence, and our

awareness of being part of it.

11. Health

- a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-

being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Human Dignity

- came fro the Latin word ‘dignitas’ that means ‘worthiness’

- implies that each person is worthy of honor and respect for

who they are

- is inalienable.