Articles on Values
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Algorithms on X tend to bring you posts that contradict your values, and it happens more to Democrats than Republicans.
Estrangement is rarely caused by childhood abuse or a pushy therapist. Instead, it reveals a collision between two ideas of what family should be.
If your organization is in crisis, your values are your lifeline. Identifying them collaboratively helps build consensus and guide action.
Courage is widely considered a fundamental human virtue. A professor of psychology and a university president break down the components of courageous action.
When new technology can produce the texts companies or departments use to explain themselves, core values can shift incrementally without anyone really noticing.
The word ‘meekness’ might seem old-fashioned – and not a positive trait. But understanding its original meaning can identify an important virtue.
Depending on family circumstances and a child’s personality type, gift giving runs the gamut of fun to terrifying. But the most important lesson goes beyond gifts.
Debating whether to step back from a career to take on caregiving responsibilities can be a tough decision – not just financially or emotionally but ethically as well.
From viral jokes to deepfakes: when AI trivializes transgression, our collective moral compass falters. It is time to educate people about digital responsibility.
Obituaries reveal shifting cultural values across time and place. Here’s a glimpse into how the moral vocabulary has evolved over several decades.
If you view intrinsic motivation as a virtue, you likely judge yourself and your co-workers by ‘passion’ – which can backfire.
A psychology team distills the 6 principles of ‘consumer wisdom’: a set of habits that promotes well-being by aligning our values and behaviors.
Kant’s 3 rules can offer a helpful check as to whether we are not only living well but thinking well.
Federal workers face unique challenges. But part of their dilemma is familiar to many Americans who have to wrestle with dramatic changes in the workplace.
Coolness has changed. Today it’s about being extroverted, hedonistic, adventurous, open, powerful and autonomous.
Honor your values, invest in yourself and don’t forget your ‘happy circle.’
A tendency to drag down those who set themselves above others, the syndrome supposedly reflects values of equality, humility and the storied ‘fair go’.
Its staggering forms made monuments out of ordinary places frequented by ordinary people.
Assessing how well items align with your core beliefs may make it easier to let them go.
AI systems reflect human values. However, the human values embedded in AI are skewed to the utilitarian and away from the greater good.



















