Overall approach to values ​​and attitudes

Värdegemenskaper och nationer
red-056  (2017-01-02).
This article contains our definition of the term community of values which is basic in other articles. It also contains a discussion of some related issues, such as the view of the nation as one of values.

Värderingar, normer och förhållningssätt
red-080  (2017-05-23).
The issue of 'national values' and 'national values' has been debated frequently in recent decades, and not least in recent times. Most Debate posts in the press have used these and similar words without specifying any clear definitions of them. Because I have addressed these issues in some own articles (see below), and intend to continue with a few more, I want first clarify my use of them through this short article.

Låt oss fokusera på förhållningssätt, inte värderingar
red-143  (2018-10-26).

Värderingar, moral och metamoral för individer, samfund och nationer
red-155  (2019-05-28).
The article is motivated by the problem of how we and our society can best deal with the differences that exist between different groups in terms of values and morality (in the broadest sense of the word) with emphasis on differences between views within Islam and Western views. The article takes one principled perspective and begins with a pure definition of what is part of a moral conception. Both a Western and a Muslim approach can be formulated within the framework of that definition. From this starting point, the properties of, and consequences of the two are discussed moral perceptions, with emphasis on their consequences for society character.

An important issue is how a moral perception can be changed over time, both in an individual person and through the exchange of opinions within a whole group. Another but related issue is how a moral view is traded from one generation to the next, and how a person's initial moral perception founded very early in life. Both of these issues have implications for how society should deal with differences in moral perception.

The article's views and conclusions are summarized in two ways. It is done first on level of principle by reference to the diversity liberalism presented earlier on this site. This is followed by a course description for an imaginary course in moral knowledge. This does not mean a course that leads present a certain moral conception, but instead a course that gives one understanding of the underlying principles in different moral perceptions. I mean that such a course with the proposed content would be a good element in the integration work that is so important issue in our society of today.