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Abstract
This work pursues two theoretical objectives: first, the instrumental one: to report on a "Referential Pattern of Universal Values (RPUV)" that allows simple mathematical formulations on certain basic concepts in Sociology; and second, the finalist: to propose, in the light of these formulations, a new "Human Development Index (HDI)" that can replace that of the United Nations and other organizations. This second objective will be based on three precise criticisms: first, because the known indices are limited to the sum of a few indicators, but they do not contemplate the totality of "needs and values" required in the RPUV; second, because the said sum does not reflect the internal imbalance between the indicators; and third, because it could be a quotient by incorporating the “export of arms” as a highly undesirable fact for humanity in the denominator. It will be easy therefore to see the fundamental role that the RPUV fulfills.
Abstract This work pursues two theoretical objectives: first, the instrumental one: to report on a "Referential Pattern of Universal Values (RPUV)" that allows simple mathematical formulations on certain basic concepts in Sociology; and second, the finalist: to propose, in light of these formulations, a new "Human Development Index (HDI)" that can replace that of the United Nations and other organizations.第二个目标将基于三项精确的批评：第一，因为已知的指数仅限于几个指标的总和，但它们没有考虑到《人类发展报告》所要求的需求和价值的整体性；第二，因为上述总和没有反映出指标之间的内部不平衡；第三，因为它可以是一个商数，将 "武器出口 "作为人类非常不希望看到的事实纳入分母。因此，不难看出 RPUV 所发挥的基本作用。
期刊介绍：
Since its foundation in 1974, Social Indicators Research has become the leading journal on problems related to the measurement of all aspects of the quality of life. The journal continues to publish results of research on all aspects of the quality of life and includes studies that reflect developments in the field. It devotes special attention to studies on such topics as sustainability of quality of life, sustainable development, and the relationship between quality of life and sustainability. The topics represented in the journal cover and involve a variety of segmentations, such as social groups, spatial and temporal coordinates, population composition, and life domains. The journal presents empirical, philosophical and methodological studies that cover the entire spectrum of society and are devoted to giving evidences through indicators. It considers indicators in their different typologies, and gives special attention to indicators that are able to meet the need of understanding social realities and phenomena that are increasingly more complex, interrelated, interacted and dynamical. In addition, it presents studies aimed at defining new approaches in constructing indicators.
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