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events such as birth and death. These needs lead to core values common
to all human beings: dignity, freedom, justice, equity, peace, security,
community, inclusiveness, participation, forgiveness, reconciliation.
They together build the Tree of Values. Each main branch of the tree is a
value. They belong together and are interconnected. In each culture, the
interpretation and also the weight of each value is contextual, e.g.
individual freedom is more or less relevant when compared with that of
the collective community. Therefore, an intense dialogue and sharing of
values is needed.^14
Tree of Values
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This is an ongoing process in Globethics.net. See many publications in the
online library on ethics with 1,8 million full text documents downloadable for
free: http://www.globethics.net/libraries. Specifically: Principles of Sharing Values
across Cultures and Religions. Globethics.net Texts no. 1, Geneva 2013; Ariane
Hentsch Cisneros/ Shanta Premavardhana (eds.), Sharing Values. A
Hermeneutics for Global Ethics, Global Series no. 4, Geneva
2011 Globethics.net Principles on Equality and Inequality for a sustainable
Economy, Globethics.net Texts no 5, Geneva 2014. Download for free:
http://www.globethics.net/publications.