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Describe your behavior in hypothetical situations
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Moral values
Values
have existed since human began to live in community; they had to establish
principles
to guide their
behavior
towards others. In this sense typical values such as
honesty, responsibility,
truth
, solidarity, cooperation, tolerance and respect, are considered
universal
moral values.
What is a value? It is a
belief
, principle, or
standard
that inFuences your behavior. All
people have their own beliefs, for example some people believe a lot in the unity of the
amily and in amiliar traditions. Your belie s, values and principles help you defne who
you are. The experiences you have had throughout the course of your life contribute how
you view the world. Your family and school have given you some values that help you to
live in a community.
Your personal values are the principles and standards you use to make decisions in your
current life. By identifying your most important values, you will make better life decisions
according to your way of thinking and feeling.
Your choices impact every aspect of your life including personal and interactions with
the members of your community. Before making a decision it’s important that you collect
information and evaluate the way they could impact you.
As you can see moral values are standards of behavior that help you to realize what is the
most important in your li e, and what to do in specifc circumstances.
Let´s Begin
Introduction
In block I, you will describe what you would do if you were in a hypothetical situation,
you will have the opportunity to learn new vocabulary related to moral values and enjoy
working with your pals. You will study the grammatical use of the second conditional, as
well as the modals of possibility and advice. Using connectors in a sentence will help you
to organize your ideas in a logical order and you will be able to improve speaking and
writing English skills.