Horizons of Value Conceptions: Axiological Discourses for the 21st Century
Autor Agnes Katalin Koós, Kenneth Keulmanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 noi 2007
After scrutiny of what various sociological models claim about values and the way in which empirical surveys approach them, Horizons reaffirms the assumption that social life and its dynamics condition the fate of values. Yet, for the sake of more accurate accounts, research should consider to a greater extent social stratification, and pressing macrosocial problems such as environmental protection, sustainable development, and attainment of some form of global equity. Social sciences' limitations modulate their ability to serve as an unequivocal guide for value choices. These limitations are a problem because of the significance of the process of dialogue and deliberation in value-related fields. Rather than advancing the allegedly universal characteristics of any one culture, in a world consisting of many civilizations, the imperative is to acknowledge pluralism and discern what is held in common.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780761839439
ISBN-10: 0761839437
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 154 x 233 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția University Press of America
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0761839437
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 154 x 233 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția University Press of America
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
Part 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 Values and Their Collisions: Outlines of a Value Typology Based on the Social Motives of Decision Theory
Chapter 4 Value and Science
Chapter 5 Value and Its Context: Preliminaries to a Theory of Value
Chapter 6 Value and Individual
Chapter 7 Value and Society: The Dynamics of Moral Thinking
Chapter 8 Claims and Methods of the Main Alternative Social Paradigms Concerning Values
Chapter 9 Opportunities to Comprehend and Predict the Change of Fundamental Values in a Society
Part 10 Appendices
Part 11 Bibliography
Part 12 Index
Part 13 About the Authors
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 Values and Their Collisions: Outlines of a Value Typology Based on the Social Motives of Decision Theory
Chapter 4 Value and Science
Chapter 5 Value and Its Context: Preliminaries to a Theory of Value
Chapter 6 Value and Individual
Chapter 7 Value and Society: The Dynamics of Moral Thinking
Chapter 8 Claims and Methods of the Main Alternative Social Paradigms Concerning Values
Chapter 9 Opportunities to Comprehend and Predict the Change of Fundamental Values in a Society
Part 10 Appendices
Part 11 Bibliography
Part 12 Index
Part 13 About the Authors
Recenzii
This book is an original philosophical contribution which develops a way of discussing values within a pluralistic world. The work's importance lies in showing how, despite the different values individuals and/or cultures may uphold, there is still a rational basis for reconciling disputes without comprising diversity.
In the process, the work takes basic ethical quandaries, for example, the reciprocal influence between society and individual, and transforms them within a contemporary context. The result is an account of the possibility of examining the relation between values "cross culturally". Even while societies may uphold different and even conflicting ideologies, it may still be possible to develop a dialogue about the values that may nevertheless be held in common. The advantage of this approach is that it moves between the options of absolution and relativism, thereby avoiding the undesirable options of "dogmatism" on the one hand and "skepticism" on the other.
A contemporary ethics must be able to address the changing historical and cultural horizons in order to be relevant in the technological, pluralistic world of today. But traditional ethics from Plato forward, lags behind the curve of this change. Rather than succumb to a 'nihilistic' devaluation of values, the place that a theory of values occupies in ethics must be addressed again. This work courageously takes up this challenge.
Moreover, this [volume] fulfills an important task of bringing a theoretical mode of ethical principles in line with an account of empirical data, for example, what sociologists consider as variables which define human behavior, both in individually and in groups. The authors thereby provide a concrete thrust to their discussion of contemporary values. Indeed, this attempt to explore the interface between the a priori dimension of ethical principles and the empirical dimension of human behavior is rare in most moral studies.
The work has special interdisciplinary appeal, insofar as it develops a philosophical framework to treat issues that emerge in corollary fields like sociology. As a result of this interdisciplinary focus, the book should appeal to a larger audience than might normally be expected for a scholarly book on the foundation of ethics.
While technical in character, the work is surprisingly lucid-particularly given its detail and degree of erudition.
Frank H. Schalow, Ph.D., Department of Philosophy, University of New Orleans
In the process, the work takes basic ethical quandaries, for example, the reciprocal influence between society and individual, and transforms them within a contemporary context. The result is an account of the possibility of examining the relation between values "cross culturally". Even while societies may uphold different and even conflicting ideologies, it may still be possible to develop a dialogue about the values that may nevertheless be held in common. The advantage of this approach is that it moves between the options of absolution and relativism, thereby avoiding the undesirable options of "dogmatism" on the one hand and "skepticism" on the other.
A contemporary ethics must be able to address the changing historical and cultural horizons in order to be relevant in the technological, pluralistic world of today. But traditional ethics from Plato forward, lags behind the curve of this change. Rather than succumb to a 'nihilistic' devaluation of values, the place that a theory of values occupies in ethics must be addressed again. This work courageously takes up this challenge.
Moreover, this [volume] fulfills an important task of bringing a theoretical mode of ethical principles in line with an account of empirical data, for example, what sociologists consider as variables which define human behavior, both in individually and in groups. The authors thereby provide a concrete thrust to their discussion of contemporary values. Indeed, this attempt to explore the interface between the a priori dimension of ethical principles and the empirical dimension of human behavior is rare in most moral studies.
The work has special interdisciplinary appeal, insofar as it develops a philosophical framework to treat issues that emerge in corollary fields like sociology. As a result of this interdisciplinary focus, the book should appeal to a larger audience than might normally be expected for a scholarly book on the foundation of ethics.
While technical in character, the work is surprisingly lucid-particularly given its detail and degree of erudition.
Frank H. Schalow, Ph.D., Department of Philosophy, University of New Orleans