> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.climatemind.org/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.climatemind.org/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values/conservation/tradition.md). # Tradition You value protecting the traditions of your family, community, and/or culture. You likely take pride in this commitment. As a person, you care deeply about humility and accepting your place in the world. Most likely you are a religious person and find following your faith to be very important. {% hint style="success" %} ### Value items respect for tradition, humble, devout, accepting my portion in life, **moderate, spiritual life** {% endhint %} ![Tradition](/files/0SpEY8bvcAR4nqZfWknZ) ### Defining goal respect, commitment, and acceptance of the customs and ideas that one's culture or religion provides. Groups everywhere develop practices, symbols, ideas, and beliefs that represent their shared experience and fate. These become sanctioned as valued group customs and traditions. They symbolize the group's solidarity, express its unique worth, and contribute to its survival (Durkheim, 1912/1954; Parsons, 1951). They often take the form of religious rites, beliefs, and norms of behaviour. Tradition and [conformity](/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values/conservation/conformity.md) values are especially close motivationally; they share the goal of subordinating the self to socially imposed expectations. They differ primarily in the objects to which one subordinates the self. [Conformity](/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values/conservation/conformity.md) entails subordination to persons with whom one frequently interacts—parents, teachers, and bosses. Tradition entails subordination to more abstract objects—religious and cultural customs and ideas. As a corollary, conformity values exhort responsiveness to current, possibly changing expectations. Tradition values demand responsiveness to immutable expectations from the past. {% hint style="info" %} Schwartz, S. H. (2012). An Overview of the Schwartz Theory of Basic Values. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 2(1). {% endhint %} --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.climatemind.org/knowledge-base/theory-of-basic-values/conservation/tradition.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.