A632.5.5.RB - Protected Values in Decision Making

Dan Gilbert says in his TED Talk “There are two kinds of errors people make when trying to decide what the right thing is to do, and those are errors in estimating the odds that they're going to succeed, and errors in estimating the value of their own success.”

While exploring my protected values, it really got me thinking about which of the "values" I thought I valued the most that I maybe didn't value as much as I thought I did. This was a very interesting chapter, as it pertains to understanding what values I protect against any degree of tradeoff.

While analyzing my list of values and how I regard them in respect to trade-offs and supporting those, I suppose it just depends on what particular situation I am in. In A632.5.4.RB - How Protected are Your Protected Values all of my stated values dealt with the basic civil liberties of everyone. The freedoms and respects of others is a very important PV for me. As Americans it is our inherent right to be free as citizens, so certainly I don't feel like it would be just to be put in a situation where our freedom are compromised. As far as respect goes, this is learned value in which sometimes it kills us to use. My three major protected values are freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, and the fair and equal treatment of everyone. Yes, I know my protected values sound like those of the US Constitution. But I do believe in these values and until this module never really considered my own personal inconsistences.

What I do know about values is that we have to protect them, but also be willing to compromise. Especially in decision making scenarios. In business environments, there are going to be millions of protected values and just like myself, people want to hold on to them and sometimes immensely. I think what is important to realize is when you have values that clash with another persons values, we must take a step back and see how we can come to a compromise without abandoning one persons values completely.