value

Personal value, basis for ethical action

Entitytype of valueQ194112

Also known as ethical value · human values · ethical values

Instance of: type of value
Subclass of: principle
, value

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In ethics and social sciences, value denotes the degree of importance of something or an action, with the aim of determining which actions are best to do or what way is best to live, or to describe the significance of different actions. Value systems are proscriptive and prescriptive beliefs; they affect the ethical behavior of a person or are the basis of their intentional activities. Often primary values are strong and secondary values are more susceptible to changes. What makes an action valuable may in turn depend on the ethical values of the objects it increases, decreases, or alters. An object with "ethic value" may be termed an "ethic or philosophic good".

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Different from: Worth
Wartość
Partially coincident with: virtue
Said to be the same as: moral principle

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