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Lastly, culture and society have their own set of dominant beliefs and values that they impose on
their members. People don't have to accept them, but they do set the groundwork.
Personal values, put simply, are something you care about deeply. They are central to your identity
because they are what matters most to you in life. When you value your family, you care about
making
time for them in your life. The same is true if you value a hobby or a career. They influence your
day-to-day life and interactions with other people. Along with beliefs and attitudes they create
the
moral, guiding principles you follow.
Beliefs are the ideas you accept as true, whether supported by facts or not. For example, you may
believe in the importance of honesty above all other qualities, or that stealing is wrong.
regardless of the circumstances.
Although honesty is a value claimed to be held by most people, overall findings in a 2016 American
study indicated that 64% of both men and women felt that lying is sometimes justified. But the
percentage of people believing it to be justified varied according to the circumstance. For
example,
56% felt it was okay to lie to avoid hurting someone's feelings. 54% thought it justified to lie to
their children about their past misbehaving. 52% would exaggerate the facts of a story to make it
more interesting, and 51% would consider lying about one's age justifiable. They were however much
