Values

Description

Values drive beliefs which drive our attitudes which drive our behaviors. Our intelligence, needs, and personality have an influence on our attitudes. We have discovered from the Limit to Growth study that we must practice sustainability. To do that we need to change our behaviors. We are going to concentrate on the root of our behaviors, our values.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_(personal_and_cultural)

Values as a foundation for sustainable behavior
http://www.bcca.org/ief/ddahl01b.htm

Dahl says: To achieve sustainability, several types of values need to be considered:
- values with respect to fellow human beings;
- the value attached to material things and consumption;
- the importance given to the environment;
- the purpose of life.
If the purpose of life is defined as the fulfilment of individual material needs and drives and the denial of any other goal in life, the resulting value set will be very different from one that sets higher humanistic goals, or one that defines the real purpose of life as the acquisition of spiritual qualities, with participation in society seen as a means to that end.