Valued M + A

Unvalued C + X

Description

Individual-egalitarian values

View and relation to people as unique individuals regardless of group membership.

Society envisioned as maximizing personal freedoms.

Independence of thought, identity, and action from collective authority.

Orientation toward cognitive exploration.

Negative extreme: anarchism.

General Meaning

Horizontal communication

Intellectual Level

Personal worldview

Social Level

Horizontal structures, person as unique individual

Psychological Level

Informal, equal relationships irrespective of group membership

Physical Level

Material autonomy

Spectrum Clusters

The characteristic factors

1
Cluster Description

Individual freedom and autonomy

2
Cluster Description

Egalitarianism and horizontal connections

3
Cluster Description

Protection of rights and transparency

4
Cluster Description

Anti-authoritarianism and skepticism toward hierarchies

5
Cluster Description

Humanitarian values and individuality