Sublime

To start, take out a piece of paper and write for ten minutes about a value you care about deeply in any domain from the list I just gave you. Really do it—ten minutes is not very long! As you do so, address the following questions: What do I care about in this area? What do I want to do in this area that reflects that caring? When in my life has

ACT defines values as chosen qualities of being and doing. They can be expressed with verbs and adverbs: teaching compassionately, giving gratefully.

In particular, he contends that questions of justice are prior to questions of happiness. In other words, it is only when we regard a particular pleasure as just that we can judge whether it has any value.

Values are enduring, ongoing guides to living. You cannot achieve a value; you can only manifest it by acting in accordance with it.

When evaluating a transaction, traditional economic models simply compare the value to the price. Real, human people, however, compare value to price plus other elements, like fairness.