HUMAN VALUES: LIST OF THE 190 MOST IMPORTANT - ARTE - 2025

The human or personal values are the principles of action in life, priorities and things that are given importance. They serve to know how to act and in decision making. To say that someone "has values" is understood in popular parlance as having positive and desirable qualities; the opposite of the values ​​are the antivalues.

When a person's life coincides with their values, there is usually mental well-being, satisfaction and a good quality of life. However, when life is not aligned with personal values, discomfort and unhappiness can develop.

In this article I will explain what they are and I will leave you a list of universal human values with which you will clarify your doubts. I will also give you examples of the values ​​of well-known characters, ethical and unethical, positive and negative. How many there are? Hundreds.

What are values?

Values ​​are principles and beliefs that determine attitudes and ways of behaving. They indicate what is important and what is not important for each person, and provide a guide to behavior.

It can be said that the values ​​show what is desirable and what is worthwhile. While personal values ​​differ from one person to another, cultural ones are shared by a wide group of people.

For example, a person may have the values ​​of "success," "importance of work," and "productivity." The behavior of this person would be guided towards working and trying to be successful in their profession. On the contrary, a person whose values are "family" and "free time" would be more guided towards spending time with her family and doing things that are offensive and fun.

Does everyone have values?

Generally, all people have values, since everyone has beliefs about what is important in life. One person may value sincerity, responsibility, and friendship more, while another may prefer fun, money, and pleasure.

It may be the case that some person does not have any positive and desirable value for society. In this case it would be a person with antivalues. For example, it could be someone who believes that it is important to lie (anti-value of sincerity), to harm others (anti-value of sincerity), and disrespect (anti-value of respect).

Benefits of knowing your personal values

The main benefits of knowing your values ​​are:

• Get to know yourself better, gain mental clarity and attention
• Make decisions and act
• Live with integrity
• Know where to spend your time (your most limited resource)

In fact, values ​​are one of the causes that make you so different from other people.

On the other hand, the values ​​are usually quite stable, but they are not fixed or stable forever. As life progresses, values ​​can change.

For example, when starting a career, success - measured by money and status - could be a priority. However, after having children, work-life balance may be the most valued.

Let's look at two examples of movie character values

First, comparing two characters from a movie that you surely know - Gladiator-:

Maximum:

• Family
• Freedom
• Friendship
• Teamwork
• Leadership
• Honor
• Loyalty
• …

Comfortable:

• Power
• Acceptance
• Recognition
• Aggressiveness
• Dominance
• Respect
• Popularity
• …

In this example, from the most watched movie of all time - Avatar - you will see an even bigger difference. Although it is fiction, it can be seen in reality among the inhabitants of rural areas and among certain corrupt characters…

Neytiri:

• Nature
• Family
• Affectivity
• Balance
• Harmony
• Harmony
• Love

Selfridge:

• Power
• Money
• Ambition
• Aggressiveness
• Prosperity
• Success

Observations

• What makes a person more or less desirable depends on the combination of values. Values ​​are not good or bad by themselves.
• For example, you can have the courage of ambition. What makes it an unappreciated value is ambition + aggressiveness + not caring about the welfare of others
• Therefore, values ​​such as ambition, money, respect, popularity or recognition are not undesirable in themselves.
• Having a desirable value such as affectivity can also be negative if it is combined, for example, with possession
• Culture also plays a big role. For example, in Spain the family is more appreciated and in the Nordic countries work and autonomy. In Latin America, teamwork and family are more appreciated, while in the United States individuality is more appreciated.

List of human values

Simply choose the values ​​that you think most agree with you, that guide your life, behavior and decisions. Then live by them, build your life around them, and remember them when you have to make decisions.

Surely some values ​​are missing and there are synonyms, although you can add yours or comment on them in the comments section.

1. Abundance

2. Acceptance

3. Exercise

4. Adaptability

5. Affectivity

6. Agility

7. Aggressiveness

8. Joy

9. Alert

10. Altruism

11. Amiability

12. Ambition

13. Friendship

14. Love

15. Appreciation

16. To learn

17. Harmony

18. Risk

19. Art

20. Assertiveness

21. Attractive

22. Dare

23. Audacity

24. Self control

25. Self respect

26. Adventure

27. Beauty

28. Benevolence

29. Wellness

30. Quality

31. Change

32. Charity

33. Science

34. Comfort

35. Compassion

36. Competition

37. Complexity

38. Composure

39. Commitment

40. Awareness

41. Connection

42. Trust

43. Accordance

44. Congruence

45. Knowledge

46. Continuity

47. Control

48. Conviction

49. Cooperation

50. Courage

51. Creativity

52. Increase

53. Credibility

54. Watch out

55. Curiosity

56. Dependence

57. Challenge

58. Rest

59. Discovery

60. Highlight

61. Determination

62. Difference

63. Dignity

64. Diligence

65. Money

66. Discipline

67. Discretion

68. Provision

69. Fun

70. Dominance

71. Education

72. Effectiveness

73. Efficiency

74. Elegance

75. Empathy

76. Charm

77. Teach

78. Entertainment

79. Enthusiasm

80. Balance

81. Spirituality

82. Spontaneity

83. Stability

84. Social status or social position

85. Excellence

86. Success

87. Experience

88. Extroversion

89. Fame

90. Family

91. Faith

92. Happiness

93. Strength

94. Fail

95. Win

96. Generosity

97. Gratitude

98. Skill

99. Heroism

100. Humor

101. Equality

102. Independence

103. Individuality

104. Influence

105. Inspiration

106. Intelligence

107. Intensity

108. Try

109. Introversion

110. Intuition

111. Invention

112. Justice

113. Youth

114. Loyalty

115. Freedom

116. Lead

117. Achievement

118. Longevity

119. Maturity

120. Marriage

121. Modesty

122. Motivation

123. Nature

124. Optimism

125. Pride

126. Originality

127. Passivity

128. Perfection

129. Perseverance

130. Pessimism

131. Pleasure

132. Power

133. Popularity

134. Pragmatism

135. Preparation

136. Privacy

137. Proactivity

138. Professionalism

139. Prosperity

140. Prudence

141. Purity

142. Rationality

143. Speed

144. Realism

145. Recognition

146. Resistance

147. Respect

148. Responsibility

149. Rigor

150. Sacrifice

151. Health

152. Satisfaction

153. Follow

154. Security

155. Sensuality

156. Sexuality

157. Silence

158. Simplicity

159. Loneliness

160. Solidarity

161. Overcoming

162. Teamwork

163. Tranquility

164. Courage

165. True

166. Vigor

167. View

168. Vitality

169. Will

170. Volunteering

171. Honor

172. Nobility

173. Wisdom

174. Productivity

175. Technique

176. Closeness

177. Goodness

178. Humility

179. Sorry

180. Sincerity

181. Honesty

182. Integrity

183. Imagination

184. Integrity

185. Equity

186. Rectitude

187. Character

188. Bravery

189. Vehemence

190. Sobriety

And what are yours? Which ones do you think are missing?

Themes of interest

Types of securities.

Universal values.

Sociocultural values.

Moral values.

Spiritual values.

Aesthetic values.

Material values.

Intellectual values.

Instrumental values.

Political values.

Cultural values.

Hierarchy of values.

Priority values.

Transcendental values.

Objective values.

Vital values.

Ethical values.

Priority values.

Religious values.

Civic values.

Social values.