# On Conforming and Conflicting Values

## TL;DR

This paper proposes a classification of values into conforming and conflicting types, emphasizing that inherently conflicting values are independent of actions, which aids in assessing the consistency and conflicts among value sets.

## Contribution

It introduces a novel classification of values into conforming and conflicting, including the concept of inherently conflicting values that are action-independent.

## Key findings

- Inherently conflicting values are independent of specific actions.
- The classification enables checking the consistency of value sets.
- The approach helps identify conflicts between different sets of values.

## Abstract

Values are things that are important to us. Actions activate values - they either go against our values or they promote our values. Values themselves can either be conforming or conflicting depending on the action that is taken. In this short paper, we argue that values may be classified as one of two types - conflicting and inherently conflicting values. They are distinguished by the fact that the latter in some sense can be thought of as being independent of actions. This allows us to do two things: i) check whether a set of values is consistent and ii) check whether it is in conflict with other sets of values.