Values Essential to Happiness

Existential Values

Those aspects of our being which support existence itself.   The obligation to respect life and living.

Health Values

 

Those aspects of our being which support and augment the quality of our life.  The obligation to help life flourish towards vitality and longevity.

Character Values

Those aspects of our being that helps us to discipline ourselves towards our vision of quality of life.  The obligation to develop virtue traits.

Economic Values

Those aspects of our being that help us meet our needs and fulfil our values.  The obligation to gather the goods to meet the needs of life

Vocational Values

Those aspects of our being that help support us in our work and livelihood.  The obligation to do an excellent job.

Recreational Values

Those aspects of our being that help us to have fun.  The obligation to enjoy life.

Affiliative Values

Those aspects of our being that support our friends, family and loved ones.  The obligation to care and be cared for.

Sexual Values

Those aspects of our being that support the fulfillment of our sensual pleasure and the seeding of a family.  The obligation to seek pleasure and to recreate life responsibly.

Aesthetic Values

Those aspects of our being that support the appreciation and recreation of Beauty.  The obligation to the experience and expression of Beauty.

Intellectual Values

Those aspects of our being that support profound cognitive experiences.  The obligation to know the truth.

Religious Values

Those aspects of our being that support the experience and expression of the Soul and Spirit.  The obligation to join with the immutable, transcendent, omniscient, omnipotent, and eternal aspects of existence.

From Bertocci, Peter, Personality and the Good.