Previous chapters considered value theories of psychology, sociology, anthropology, and
philosophy. These disciplines can benefit and learn from one another, and closer interaction …

This chapter sets up the upcoming chapters of the book and introduces four essential
aspects of value. The topic of value has personal, social, and cultural dimensions, and value …

This chapter sets up the upcoming chapters of the book and introduces four essential
aspects of value. The topic of value has personal, social, and cultural dimensions, and value …

Anthropologists have spent tremendous effort developing value theory. We might generally
understand value theory as a form of social theory concerned with what groups of people …

What is value? Where does it come from? How does it impact our emotions, motivations,
decisions and experiences? Value is involved in practically every aspect of human life …

Classical taxonomies, such as Linnaeus's classification of plants or Mendeleev's periodic
table of elements, help us to structure reality into fundamental types—be they types of plants …

Value is one of the central concepts governing human life. It reflects the importance that
something holds for us: what doesn't have any value is of no interest. Whether we choose …

Few concepts are bandied about more liberally in popular, normative, and explanatory
scholarly discourse than that of values. In the popular realm, parents are eager to have their …

This book explores the nature of values, and the status of value studies, at the turn of the
millennium. The contributors, nineteen philosophers from fourteen countries, introduce and …

This is a conceptual and methodological paper about improving our notion of human values.
While it is recognized that talk of values has become increasingly popular in many walks of …