Self
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The self is the individual person, from his or her own perspective. To you, self is you. To someone else, self is that person.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to the self:

Personal life portal

Essence of oneself

Main articles: Self (philosophy), Self (psychology), and Self (sociology)

Self constructs

Main article: Self constructs

Stages of life

Major life events

Individual rights

Main articles: Human rights, Individual rights, and Personal rights

Much of the western world value the concept of individual rights. These rights vary from cultere to cultre, and by very definition, from person to person, and appear mainly in idividualist societies.

In such cultures, it is generally considered that you have:

• security rights that protect people against crimes such as murder, massacre, torture and rape
• liberty rights that protect freedoms in areas such as belief and religion, association, assembling and movement
• political rights that protect the liberty to participate in politics by expressing themselves, protesting, voting and serving in public office
• due process rights that protect against abuses of the legal system such as imprisonment without trial, secret trials and excessive punishments
• equality rights that guarantee equal citizenship, equality before the law and nondiscrimination
• welfare rights (also known as economic or social rights) that require the provision of education and protections against severe poverty and starvation
• group rights that provide protection for groups against ethnic genocide and for the ownership by countries of their national territories and resources

Personality traits

Main articles: Big Five personality traits and Trait theory

• Extroversion
• Agreeableness
• Conscientiousness
• Neuroticism / Emotional stability
• Openness to experience

Personal values

Virtues

See the list at Virtue#Virtues and values

Vices

Main article: Vice

Self-actualization

Main article: Self-actualization

Self management

Self-preservation and self-maintenance

Personal concepts

Harmful traits and practices

See also

External links

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