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# motivational continuum
![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Nov 14, 2021</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Jan 03, 2023</small> 🏷️ [[ethics]]
Captures the conflicts and compatibilities among [[Schwartz theory of basic values|the ten basic values]].
The closer two values are the more similar their underlying motivations and vice versa.
- a) power and achievement--social superiority and esteem;
- b) achievement and hedonism--self-centered satisfaction;
- c) hedonism and stimulation--a desire for affectively pleasant arousal;
- d) stimulation and self-direction--intrinsic interest in novelty and mastery;
- e) self-direction and universalism--reliance upon one's own judgment and comfort with the diversity of existence;
- f) universalism and benevolence--enhancement of others and transcendence of selfish interests;
- g) benevolence and tradition--devotion to one's in-group;
- h) benevolence and conformity--normative behavior that promotes close relationships;
- i) conformity and tradition--subordination of self in favor of socially imposed expectations;
- j) tradition and security--preserving existing social arrangements that give certainty to life;
- k) conformity and security--protection of order and harmony in relations;
- l) security and power--avoiding or overcoming threats by controlling relationships and resources. ([note on p.10](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/3SWNKS8Q?page=10))
## Sources
[[Overview Schwartz Theory - Schwartz 2012]]