108 Principles of the Value System
ETHICS
107 PRINCIPLES OF THE EIGHT CORE VALUES
2.1. LOVE
1. CULTIVATE LOVE IN YOUR THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, WORDS AND ACTIONS
2.2. PEACE
2. CULTIVATE PEACE IN YOUR THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, WORDS AND ACTIONS
2.3. TRUTH
3. CULTIVATE TRUTH
4. REMOVE IGNORANCE:
UTILISE SCIENCE
5. KNOW THAT ALL THINGS ARE TEMPORARY
2.4. RIGHT CONDUCT
6. CULTIVATE RIGHT CONDUCT THAT IS UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTABLE AND ACHIEVABLE BY EVERYBODY
– SIN
7. DO NOT SIN:
TREAT OTHERS THE SAME WAY AS YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO TREAT YOU
– TOXIC EMOTIONS
8.REMOVE CHARACTER FAULTS SUCH AS LUST, GLUTTONY, GREED, LAZINESS, ANGER, JEALOUSY,
AND PRIDE:
FILL YOUR CHARACTER WITH VIRTUES OF CHASTITY, TEMPERANCE, CHARITY, DILIGENCE,
PATIENCE, KINDNESS AND HUMILITY
9. DO NOT BE ENVIOUS:
CULTIVATE KINDNESS
10. DO NOT COVET ANYTHING THAT BELONGS TO OTHERS:
BE CONTENT AND SATISFIED
11. DO NOT HATE:
CULTIVATE LOVE
12. RESTRAIN YOUR ANGER:
CULTIVATE PATIENCE
– TOXIC BEHAVIOUR
13. DO NOT ENGAGE IN DEFAMATION, CRITICISM OR GIVING FALSE TESTIMONY:
COMPLIMENT PEOPLE ON THEIR GOOD QUALITIES
14. DO NOT ENGAGE IN GOSSIP, VAIN AND POINTLESS SPEECH:
SPEAK MEANINGFULLY
15. DO NOT PRETEND TO BE ANOTHER PERSON:
BE YOURSELF
16. DO NOT STEAL OR COMMIT FRAUD AND CORRUPTION:
HAVE INTEGRITY
17. DO NOT MURDER:
RESPECT LIFE
18. UNDERSTAND THAT CANNIBALISM IS EVIL AND ATROCIOUS
19. SEPARATE FROM A BAD SPOUSE:
LIVE WITH A VIRTUOUS SPOUSE
20. DO NOT COVET ANOTHER’S SPOUSE OR COMMIT ADULTERY:
HAVE SINGLE-PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS
21. DO NOT BE PROMISCUOUS:
REFRAIN FROM ASSOCIATING WITH PROMISCUOUS PERSONS:
ASSOCIATE WITH MORAL PERSONS
22. REFRAIN FROM ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE
23. REFRAIN FROM IRRESPONSIBLE GAMBLING
24. DO NOT BEG AND BORROW:
EARN YOUR MONEY
25. REFRAIN FROM MEANNESS AND BASENESS:
BE A HUMANIST AND A RATIONALIST
2.5. NON-VIOLENCE
26. CULTIVATE NON-VIOLENCE
2.6. HUMAN VALUES CULTURE
27. CULTIVATE HUMAN VALUES
28. PRACTICE SELF DISCIPLINE
29. CULTIVATE HOSPITALITY
30. SPEAK IN SWEET WORDS
31. CULTIVATE THANKSGIVING AND GRATITUDE
32. PRACTICE FAIRNESS IN ECONOMICS
33. PRACTICE SELF CONTROL
34. CULTIVATE GOOD MANNERS
35. CULTIVATE FORGIVENESS
36. PRACTICE CHARITY
37. REACH YOUR FAME BY CELEBRATING ACHIEVEMENTS AND SUCCESS
38. CULTIVATE COMPASSION
39. RECOGNISE AND REPENT FOR YOUR CHARACTER FAULTS AND MISTAKES
40. CONFORM TO ACCURATE FACTS
41. REJECT VICE AND SINS:
LET GO
42. UNDERSTAND DESTRUCTIVE DESIRES AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES AND RESTRAIN THEM BY
USING YOUR WILLPOWER:
CULTIVATE MODERATION AND LIVE LIFE IN A BALANCED WAY
43. HAVE HOPE
44. STRIVE FOR HONOUR, DIGNITY AND SELF RESPECT
45. CULTIVATE VISION AND AMBITION TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS
46. BE COURTEOUS TO OTHERS
47. CULTIVATE MODESTY
2.7. HUMAN RIGHTS CULTURE
– THE LEADERS
48. DO YOUR DUTY AS A GOOD LEADER
49. DO NOT NEGLECT LEARNING:
READ AND LEARN EVERYDAY
50. PRACTISE LISTENING
51. DEVELOP YOUR WISDOM
52. HAVE FRIENDS OF WORTH
53. DO NOT KEEP MEAN COMPANY:
KEEP GOOD COMPANIONS
54. THINK AND PLAN BEFORE YOU ACT
55. KNOW YOUR OWN AND OTHER’S STRENGTH AND WEAKNESSES
56. KNOW THE PROPER TIME FOR YOUR WORDS AND ACTIONS
57. KNOW THE PROPER PLACE FOR YOUR WORDS AND ACTIONS
58. TEST PERSONS WITH WHOM YOU WISH TO ASSOCIATE AND THEN TRUST THEM
59. TEST PERSONS YOU WISH TO EMPLOY AND THEN ENTRUST WORK TO THEM
60. DO NOT FORGET:
CULTIVATE REMEMBRANCE
61. LET YOUR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS ALWAYS LOOK KIND AND CHEERFUL
62. ASSESS THE STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS
63. BE INDUSTRIOUS, ENTERPRISING, ENERGETIC, ENTHUSIASTIC, FULL OF ZEAL AND HAVE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
64. DO NOT BE LAZY:
CULTIVATE DILIGENCE
65. CULTIVATE PERSEVERANCE AND DETERMINATION
– THE EXECUTIVE
66. DO YOUR DUTY AS A GOOD MINISTER OR EXECUTIVE AND PROMOTE SERVICE DELIVERY
67. SPEAK ELOQUENTLY
68. STRIVE FOR VIRTUOUS ACTION
69. STRIVE FOR RESOLUTE ACTION
70. FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES
71. BE GOOD AMBASSADORS
72. ASSOCIATE WITH LEADERS IN DIGNITY
73. DETERMINE AND RESPECT THE SELF INTEREST OF OTHERS AND YOUR OWN SELF INTEREST
74. EVALUATE THE AUDIENCE BEFORE YOU SPEAK
75. BE COURAGEOUS BEFORE AN AUDIENCE
– THE JUDICIARY
76. STOP CRIME AND TERRORISM:
DO YOUR DUTY AS A GOOD JUDGE OR JUDICIARY AND PROMOTE THE ADMINISTRATION OF
JUSTICE
– THE LEGISLATURE
77. DO YOUR DUTY AS A GOOD LEGISLATOR; AND AS THE LEGISLATURE PROMOTE THE PRINCIPLES
OF PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND NATURE RIGHTS
78. STOP TYRANNY AND STATE TERRORISM:
DO YOUR DUTY AS A GOOD ACTIVE CITIZEN AND PARTICIPATE IN THE SIX FUNCTIONS, WHICH
ARE FAMILY, COMMUNITY, CIVIL SOCIETY, ACTIVISM, PUBLIC SERVICE AND ECONOMY
– SOCIOLOGY: THE SIX FUNCTIONS OF SOCIETY
– FAMILY
79. DO YOUR DUTY TO BE PART OF A FAMILY
80. DO YOUR DUTY AS A GOOD HUSBAND
81. DO YOUR DUTY AS A GOOD WIFE
82. DO YOUR DUTY AS A GOOD CHILD AND RESPECT YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER
– COMMUNITY
83. CHERISH THE FELLOWSHIP OF RELATIVES AND DO YOUR DUTY TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY
84. CULTIVATE GOOD FRIENDSHIPS
85. TEST PERSONS BEFORE DEVELOPING FRIENDSHIP
86. ESTABLISH RAPPORT WITH GOOD FRIENDS
87. GIVE UP BAD FRIENDS:
ASSOCIATE WITH GOOD FRIENDS
88. DO NOT TRUST FALSE FRIENDS:
TRUST HONEST FRIENDS
89. REFRAIN FROM FOOLISH BEHAVIOUR:
ACT WISELY
90. ENGAGE IN THE ETHICAL STRUGGLE AGAINST VICE AND SIN
91. ASSESS THOSE WHO BECOME YOUR ENEMIES
92. REMOVE FAMILY CONFLICTS:
CULTIVATE LOVE AND PEACE
– CIVIL SOCIETY
93. PARTICIPATE IN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE NATION
– ACTIVISM
94. PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVISM
– PUBLIC SERVICE
95. DO YOUR DUTY AS A GOOD PUBLIC SERVANT AND PROMOTE A PUBLIC SERVICE THAT ENSURES
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
96. REFRAIN FROM DISOBEYING AUTHORITY:
RESPECT PEOPLE WHO HAVE AUTHORITY
97. PROMOTE A POLICE SERVICE THAT ESTABLISHES PEACE, PROTECTION AND SECURITY
98. BUILD HOUSES, TOWNS AND CITIES
99. PROVIDE PEOPLE’S EDUCATION
100. PROVIDE PEOPLE’S HEALTH CARE
– ECONOMY
101. DEVELOP THE ECONOMY TO SATISFY THE MATERIAL NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE
102. STRIVE TO CREATE WEALTH
103. DO NOT KEEP UNPRODUCTIVE WEALTH:
SPEND WEALTH TO PROMOTE VIRTUES
104. KNOW THAT YOUR CHOICES AND EFFORT MAKE YOUR FUTURE
105. ERADICATE POVERTY
106. PROMOTE FARMING AND BUSINESS TO CREATE EMPLOYMENT
2.8. NATURE RIGHTS CULTURE
107. DO YOUR DUTY TO PROTECT NATURE AND THE FALL OF RAIN BY STOPPING GLOBAL WARMING
AND CLIMATE CHANGE:
PROMOTE THE PRINCIPLES OF NATURE RIGHTS
The nature of love in a spousal relationship
108. MAXIMISE YOUR EMOTIONAL INTIMACY AND MINIMIZE SEXUAL ACTIVITY IN A SPOUSAL
RELATIONSHIP