Antivalues ​​characteristics, examples and consequences

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Philip Kelley

The antivalues they are beliefs, ideas and ways of behaving that lead to negative or harmful behaviors. In a society, these types of values ​​are not desired, since they have negative results for people and for coexistence.

Some of the most common examples of anti-values ​​include revenge, sadism, hatred, envy, irresponsibility, selfishness, laziness, or lack of respect for others. These attitudes have no value to society.

Antivalues ​​are the opposite of values. Values ​​can be defined as those positive attitudes that have good results for a society. In the moral framework of values ​​and anti-values, it can be identified what is good and what is bad.

Article index

  • 1 Characteristics of antivalues
  • 2 Outstanding examples of common antivalues
    • 2.1 1- Racism
    • 2.2 2- Selfishness
    • 2.3 3- Homophobia
    • 2.4 4- Violence
    • 2.5 5- Slavery
    • 2.6 6- Betrayal
    • 2.7 7- Envy
    • 2.8 8- Discrimination
    • 2.9 9- Exploitation
    • 2.10 10- Impunity
    • 2.11 11- Inequality
    • 2.12 12- War
    • 2.13 13- Intolerance
    • 2.14 14- Partiality
    • 2.15 15- Injury
    • 2.16 16- Disrespect
    • 2.17 17- Enmity
    • 2.18 18- Arrogance
    • 2.19 19- Injustice
    • 2.20 20- Dishonesty
    • 2.21 21- Recklessness
    • 2.22 22- Hypocrisy
    • 2.23 23- Hostility
    • 2.24 24- Falsehood
    • 2.25 25- Hate
    • 2.26 26- Intransigence
    • 2.27 27- Indifference
    • 2.28 28- Irresponsibility
    • 2.29 29- Laziness
    • 2.30 30- Infidelity
    • 2.31 31- Ignorance
    • 2.32 32- Disloyalty
    • 2.33 33- Unproductiveness
    • 2.34 34- Tardiness
  • 3 Consequences of anti-values
    • 3.1 Decrease well-being
    • 3.2 It generates particular problems
    • 3.3 They silence people with values
    • 3.4 They can produce problems on a larger scale
  • 4 Topics of interest

Characteristics of antivalues

- Anti-values ​​are qualities just like values, only these are negative and condemned by society. That is, they are the counterpart to the values.

- They are moral components.

- They are considered unnecessary and rejected by society, which is why laws, regulations and penalties are established to combat them.

- They can be typical of people, but also of other living beings and objects.

- Each society or culture can give more importance to one antivalue than to another. For example, lateness is worse seen in Anglo-Saxon countries than in Latinos.

- There are cultures in which a type of anti-value may predominate and that is not even frowned upon. For example, in Nigeria gay people can be imprisoned or sentenced to death. In this case, the nation makes a defense of an antivalue. 

Featured Examples of Common Anti-Values

1- racism

Racism is discrimination and prejudice towards a person based on their race or ethnic group. The base ideology of racism often includes the idea that humans can be subdivided into different groups that would be different because of their social behavior and innate abilities; which can be measured as lower or higher.

The Holocaust is a classic example of institutionalized racism that can lead to the deaths of millions of people in your race..

Racist ideology can manifest itself in many aspects of social life. Racism can be present in social actions, practices, or political systems that support the expression of prejudice or discriminatory practices. Associated social actions may include xenophobia, segregation, or supremacy.

2- Selfishness

Selfishness is the urge to maintain and exaggerate a person's positive views; often includes an inflated opinion of oneself.

A selfish person has a great sense of the centrality of the “I” or of his personal qualities..

Selfishness means putting one's own needs at the center of the whole world, without any concern or consideration for others, including those considered close or loved ones..

An egoist will always put his own needs before the needs of the whole..

3- homophobia

Homophobia implies a range of negative attitudes and feelings towards homosexuality or towards persons identified or perceived as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

It can be defined as resentment, prejudice, aversion, hatred or antipathy towards that group of people and is usually based on irrational fear.

4- Violence

Violence is the intentional use of actual or threatened physical or power forces against oneself, another person, another group, or another community that may or has resulted in injury, death, psychological harm, or depravity..

5- Slavery

There are many types of slavery. Sexual is one of the most common in the 21st century. Photo by I.am_nah on Unsplash

Slavery is any system in which the principles of property law are applied to human beings, allowing individuals to own, buy, or sell to other individuals as a form of property. A slave is unable to withdraw from this arrangement and works without pay.

The most common form of slave trade today is known as human trafficking..

6- Betrayal

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Betrayal refers to the violation of an assumed contract or the violation of trust that produces a moral and psychological conflict within a relationship between some individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations..

Often times betrayal is the act of supporting a rival group without taking into account previously held loyalties..

7- Envy

It is the emotion that occurs when a person lacks some superior quality, achievements, or possessions that another individual possesses, and thus desires the same or wishes that the other had never achieved them in the first place..

8- Discrimination

It is the treatment or consideration, for or against, that is granted to a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that individual or thing is perceived to belong. Discrimination often leads to the denial of privileges that are available to another group.

9- Exploitation

Exploitation refers to social relations in which an actor or actors use other individuals for their own gain or personal interests in a fundamentally asymmetric power relationship..

Exploitation generally means taking advantage of another person due to their inferior position, giving the exploiter power.

10- Impunity

It refers to the exception of punishment or the loss or escape of fines or sanctions. It is usually very common in countries that suffer from corruption or where compliance with justice is slight.

Human rights violations are common in states where impunity governs.

11- Inequality

Usually refers to social inequality, or a lack of balance in which a minority does not have the same social conditions as another social group monopolizes.

12- War

It is a state of armed conflict between societies. It is generally characterized by extreme aggression, extraction, and mortality, using military forces or forces and regulars. It is the absence of peace.

13- intolerance

Intolerance is an example of anti-value. The opposite value is the tolerance

It is the lack of acceptance or tolerance towards an object, action, or person that an individual dislikes or does not accept because they do not share the same ideals.

It is the opposite of tolerance, a state in which an individual allows another to have opinions or beliefs different from their own.

Historically, most events related to intolerance have to do with a dominant group viewing minorities as defectors.

14- Partiality

It is the opposite of fairness; refers to considering a situation exclusively from one's own point of view.

15- Injury

It is any material or moral loss suffered by an individual. It is caused by a rule violation. The most common damages are verbal and physical attacks, hateful acts, and intimidation.

16- disrespect

It refers to disrespect or courtesy. It is treating a person with rudeness, rudeness or rudeness.

17- Enmity

It is the act of considering an individual or a group as completely adverse or threatening to their own; it can be mutual or unilateral. It's the complete opposite of friendship.

18- Arrogance

Norma Desmond, main character of "Twilight of the Gods" is an example of arrogance and pride taken to its maximum exponent

It is the state in which an individual believes he is above others. An arrogant person may refuse to accept criticism or to debate points of view.

19- Injustice

It refers to the opposite of justice. It is the denial or the nonexistence of the norms or laws; acts that are not duly punished as the law dictates.

It can also be defined as the violation of a covenant agreed between the law and man..

20- Dishonesty

It is the act of acting without honesty. It is used to describe a deception or lie; refers to being deliberately deceptive in acts of corruption, treason or in acts that endanger integrity.

Dishonesty is the fundamental component of most offenses related to the acquisition or conversion of property defined in criminal law as fraud..

twenty-one- Imprudence

We can say that it is the absence of prudence or good sense when acting. Whoever acts recklessly does so on impulse, without thinking, without reflection, without responsibility or without commitment.

When someone does this, they can make serious mistakes that will have serious consequences on their work, on those around them or on themselves..

Recklessness leads to the omission of precautions that can also be serious in any profession.

In the legal field, recklessness can be penalized, since depending on the case it can be considered a crime.

For example, when reckless driving causes injury to another or when carelessness or recklessness causes damage to the environment, such as forest fires.

22- Hypocrisy

The word hypocrisy comes from the Latin hypocrisis, where hypo means mask and it is given as a meaning to pretend or represent.

At first the word was used to refer to performing a representation or performance, but over time the meaning changed to use it with people who pretended to be what they were not or pretended feelings.

We can say that to act with hypocrisy is to act falsely because feelings or attitudes are shown contrary to what is thought.

The hypocritical person acts voluntarily and conscientiously to achieve a goal. For example, campaigning politicians or religious ministers who preach what they don't practice.

23- Hostility

Hostility can occur individually or collectively. It is a social emotional attitude linked to antipathy, resentment, disgust and indignation that leads to act with aversion and aggressively, either physically or verbally.

The hostile person believes that the behavior of the other is provocative and that it is specifically against him. This feeling leads him to reject, inconvenience or insult him.

The hostility can be circumstantial or remain in time even in the absence of what caused it.

For example, there may be acts of hostility at work, when the employer assumes attitudes against a worker, seeking to make him quit his job..

24- Falsehood

Falsehood is defined as lack of authenticity or truth, whether of a person or an object. Is contrary to the truth and unreliable or misleading.

In relation to people's behavior, falsehood is the condition of those who lie and pretend to pretend what they do not have, to manipulate other people.

It involves passing off as true something that is not true. It can be false in feelings, objects, documents, relationships or theories.

For example: there are cases of false identity, to escape justice or cover up crimes.

25- hate

It is considered to be aversion towards someone or something. Hatred is seen as a negative value that wishes evil for the hated subject or object and that goes against love.

Hatred causes repulsion towards a situation, person or object generating the desire to avoid or everything that is hated.

A consequence of hatred tends to split violence. For example, when a war is going to be declared, it is customary to encourage hatred towards the enemy in people, so the violent acts committed during it will seem justified..

26- Intransigence

It is the attitude that people show when they do not accept the behavior, the opinions of others or ideas different from their own, that is, they do not compromise with others.

An example of this type of anti-value is expressed in the phrase: "he showed his uncompromising attitude by not allowing him to express his opinion in front of others to defend himself".

The concept of intransigence refers to the inflexibility or intolerance that people manifest in a situation. Being uncompromising is not allowing or making concessions regarding the wishes or requirements of other people.

It also includes the fanatical, exalted or passionate attitudes that some people show towards their ideology or beliefs..

Although intransigence and intolerance seem synonymous, they differ. Because unlike the intolerant who does not accept the ideas of others, the intransigent is unable to give an iota.

27- Indifference

Indifference of a worker regarding the labor problems of some colleagues.

It is considered an anti-value insofar as the person is not capable of feeling approval or rejection towards another being, or towards a particular object or situation.

It is a kind of intermediate point between appreciating or despising something or someone. And although it may seem harmless, since it does not take sides but remains in a neutral point, there are situations in which this type of behavior is inadmissible.

For example, being indifferent to the pain of others, exploitation, war, corruption, etc., is an individual and social behavior reprehensible from the moral point of view.

28- Irresponsibility

The anti-value of irresponsibility is expressed through the failure to fulfill tasks and duties at home, in the group, at school or at work. This behavior is characterized by disorder, lack of consideration for others and the little value that is assigned to the consequences generated by our actions.

The most common examples of irresponsible behavior are not turning in assigned work on time, being late for appointments without justification. Likewise, neglect our duties to our children to educate, feed and protect them, when we have the means to do so..

Irresponsibility is also manifested when driving drunk through the streets, putting the lives of others at risk, doing a job badly to the detriment of a client, breaking rules or borrowing more than our ability to pay..

29- Laziness

Laziness is an attitude of boredom, indifference, negligence or carelessness in our daily life or when performing a task..

The Christian religion classifies laziness as one of the capital sins, since this anti-value generates other inappropriate and harmful behaviors for people.

They are called lazy, lazy, sloppy and lazy people who avoid at all costs doing work, academic or any other kind of activities.

30- Infidelity

Infidelity is considered an anti-value, because not only does it lead to cheating and violating the couple's moral standards, but it also means hurting another person when they are hurt or hurt.

Although there are many reasons that cause infidelity, either due to personal dissatisfaction or because there are conflicts that erode the love bond and this generates unhappiness, it is reprehensible to lie or hide this type of behavior.

31- Ignorance

Ignorance can be a problem if moral values ​​and human ethics are not known. That is, it is the antivalue of ignoring positive values.

32- Disloyalty

The lack of loyalty is the null commitment of an individual with nothing or with anyone. It is an anti-value, since it supposes a continuous disappointment on the part of family, friends, co-workers with the person who does not show any type of fidelity.

33- Unproductive

Lack of productivity is an anti-value associated with a lack of concentration, laziness, impudence or irresponsibility on the part of an individual. This generates discomfort in the environment, because its unproductiveness can generate more unproductiveness in other people.

34- Tardiness

Lack of punctuality is a very common problem in certain individuals who lack an adequate perception of time or simply sin of selfishness without regard for anyone's time..

Consequences of antivalues

Decrease well-being

Anti-values ​​are those moral components that are considered incorrect because they generate evil. This affects the whole of society, so it must be fought so as not to lose well-being and cordiality in society..

It generates particular problems

It is a problem that can affect individually, since a person can lose respect for himself, condemning him to be a victim of these anti-values. Selfishness or narcissism can generate rejection or discrimination, in addition to creating tension and damage among those closest to you.

They silence people with values

When anti-values ​​begin to become strong, people who defend positive values ​​can find themselves oppressed and remain silent in the face of injustices, conquering evil over good..

They can produce problems on a larger scale

When the anti-values ​​are reinforced in the group, the consequences multiply. Racism, hatred or violence can trigger war conflicts that affect a huge number of people, most of whom are detractors of this trend..

Themes of interest

Types of securities.

Human values.

Universal values.

Sociocultural values.

Spiritual values.

Aesthetic values.

Material values.

Intellectual values.

Instrumental values.

Political values.

Cultural values.

Hierarchy of values.

Priority values.

Personal values.

Transcendental values.

Objective values.

Vital values.

Ethical values.

Priority values.

Religious values.

Civic values.

Social values.

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