C. Franklin Truan

Meta-Values: Universal Principles for a Sane World C. Franklin Truan

Meta-Values is a philosophical introduction to the psychology of constructive beliefs and values. It explores the origin, structure and content of man's beliefs and resulting values and examines them for their effect on mental health and the experience of psychological quality.

Although it is true that culture has a profound effect on the formative development of a citizen's beliefs and values and will continue to do so, it is possible now more than ever before in man's history, to conceive, develop, and institute a universal set of ethical norms as principles which are based on beliefs and values that enhance the psychological development and well-being of the individual and are universal in application to all mankind.

Meta-Values covers:
--The psychology of belief and value formation and change
--A critique of selected historical and contemporary values
--A critique of the record and role of the helping professions in shaping constructive beliefs and values
Values as principles for developing and maintaining mental health and psychological quality
The introduction of three fundamental Meta-Values as the basis of all beneficial human values