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Profile / Checklists of human values,
and their relationships, relevant to the aims of international constituencies
(intergovernmental organizations, international nongovernmental associations
(NGOs) and other bodies -- profiled in a complementary source: Yearbook
of International Organizations):
- Value entries currently profiled (with over 14,000 relationships
between them):
- Constructive / Positive values (987)
- Destructive / Negative values (1,992)
- Value polarities (230)
- Profiles published in book and CD in Encyclopedia
of World Problems and Human Potential (see Publications)
- On-line access
- Entry content and
organization
- Editorial methods and guidelines:
- Websites of other
international organizations and NGOs with value preoccupations
- Links to over 1,000 international organizations. Alphabetical list
-(updated regularly).
- Links to over 70 sites related to international organization and
organizations (resources, information etc).
- Related websites
of interest
Source: There are no official lists of approaches to human values.
The human values profiled here are derived from an experimental
systematic exploration of the value-charged words in Roget's Thesaurus
as explained in the commentary.
It is recognized that this necessarily refelcts a particular methodoligical
bias towards values articulated in English, and within English-speaking
cultures. This was done to develop a database framework with which other
values could be associated.
Names: Human values may have a variety of names, especially
through the manner in which they are translated between different languages
and spiritual traditions. The alphabetic index list, based on a single
name per value, is therefore an essentially arbitrary ordering of the
items in the database. As a random presentation of the contents of the
database, it has the advantage of drawing attention to the variety of
values to which indivuals and groups may attach importance.
Disclaimer: These profiles endeavour
to distinguish between "positive" and "negative" human values. It is
important to recognize that this may be extremely misleading, since
"constructive" values may be perceived as "destructive"
under certain circumstances, and vice versa. The purpose of this list
is to raise questions about the circumstances under which particular
values may be seen as constructive or destructive. It is for the reader
to exercise discrimination in determining under what circumstances particular
approaches may be considered as "positive" or "negative" in their implications.
Presence of items on this list in no way implies approval of a particular
approach by the UIA as an organization. Extensive commentary on these
issues is provided in the Encyclopedia.
Development: Although this is the complete list of the human
value entries published in the Encyclopedia, it is important to recognize
that the database is continually being expanded, notably through the
addition of other approaches that are aspects of those already included
in the list.
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