Values and the Citizenry

The affirmation of ultimate values will be critical in shifting the deepest sense that people have about what governments exist for and how they should function. Ultimate values are…Closed universally accepted and eternally pursued states of being—truth, justice, peace, harmony, beauty, freedom and more. An ultimate value (PH6-L7) is the highest form that purpose can take: it is pure experience and an expression of humanity. (By contrast, a «social value-L5» is a freely shared need-based value serving a specific community.)

The Transcendentalist mode (Stage-6) draws on most of the psychosocial entities where ultimate value is included. The diagram below highlights these within the framework for realizing values within a society (sPH6). Full details, see:Closed Ch.s 10 and 12 in Working with Values: Software of the Mind (1995), available for free download.

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Originally posted: July 2009; Last updated: 11-Apr-2014