human value
What matters most
Human value refers to what matters to people—their principles, priorities, and judgments about what is good, important, or worthwhile.
The phrase appears in discussions of ethics, economics, and technology: AI systems should be aligned with human values.
It can mean the worth or dignity inherent in persons: The policy fails to recognize basic human value.
In the plural, human values are the beliefs and ideals that guide behavior across cultures: compassion, fairness, and freedom are widely shared human values.
- self-respectValuing one's own worth
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- moral compassInner ethical guidance system
- equalitySame status for all
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
freedom · justice · purpose · ambition · honesty · compassion · creativity · kindness · gratitude · authenticity · golden rule · do unto others · mutual respect · reciprocity · empathy · mortality · transcendence · legacy
human valuewhim
Sudden arbitrary desire
passing fancy · impulse · caprice · convenience · expedience
human valuenihilism
Rejection of objective meaning
valuelessness · amorality · meaninglessness · cynicism · value-free
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