Questions tagged [axiology]
Axiology is the philosophical study of value.
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Is there agreement on “axiology” vice “value theory”?
Of course, Wikipedia is neither authoritative nor internally consistent—no surprise there. But, having encountered the word axiology, I checked out the article of that name, which asserts that “it is ...
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What are society's assumptions about the essential goodness of people? [closed]
What are society's assumptions about the essential goodness of people? Does society assume that people are essentially good, bad, or both?
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A problem regarding an impermanent hell
Regarding the Abrahamic hells, one could say that they are absolutely terrible for it is suffering without end, an eternal suffering; but there is a puzzling different type of hell or hells, those of ...
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Nature of Values: Is There Such a Thing as a Universal Value?
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The inquiry into the nature of values isn't merely theoretical; it is a matter of existential importance, especially when the values you've grown up with have been rooted in deception, ...
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Counter arguments to benatar's assymatry argument's defence by Elias Muusavi
Elias Muusavi published a defence of benatar's assymatry https://shorturl.at/juvAF (if you wish to read it) in it they said that the absence of pleasure is "not worse than the presence of ...
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Does the problem of non-identity make the veg vs non-veg question unanswerable?
I was having a discussion with a friend recently on whether it is beneficial, overall, for us to be vegetarian for farm animals, from a consequentialist viewpoint. Currently, farm animals are bred in ...
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Is "intrinsic value" an intelligible concept?
It's easy to talk in terms of things having intrinsic value, and it often sounds as though philosophers take it for granted that this is a coherent concept. But it seems to me that "to be ...
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From a deeply ethical standpoint, Why or why not should any human have or keep secrets? [closed]
In essence, having or keeping info secret without telling any human being is what secrets are, Which means that you are from an ethical standpoint not sharing the knowledge that you got, but rather ...
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When is a person "good"?
It seems unreasonable to suggest a good person is somebody who acts morally 100% of the time.
So I was wondering if any philosophers have defined what makes a "good person". It seems clear ...
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Are "aesthetic experiences" limited to art and music?
I was wondering whether philosophers consider aesthetic experiences to be something that permeate through a range of day to day experiences or if they're limited to art.
For example, can learning/...
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What is the relationship between values and meaning (in life)?
Please correct me if you think I am wrong, but it has become apparent to me that meaning - in the senses of significance of one's own life, purpose and sense-making - and values are inextricably ...
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Is G.E Moore's notion of goodness widely held and defended by contemporaneous philosophers?
I was wondering whether the idea that goodness cannot be defined and is just intuitively recognisable when observed, still holds significant weight? It seems somewhat similar to Plato's idea of ...
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Immorality, evil and badness without agency? Can inanimate objects be innately bad?
Proponents of relativism would argue it's easy to see that it is possible to take an inanimate object that someone in one system of belief considers not harmful, and yet find someone who believes such ...
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Assuming meta-ethical subjective relativism, what is the bearer of value?
Is it the particular condition of concrete events, objects, or actions that are valuable for their own sake?
Or is it particular mental states of observers that are the bearers, and creators, of value?...
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Ethics, axiology, and decision theory
I'm confused about the precise terminology to use when referring to various subjects which are all related to making good choices. I know that axiology is general study of value, including moral, ...
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According to contemporary philosophical theoreies, from what is morality derived and what is it for in the context of society?
In Arabic, we have the concept 'ahlak' which is often translated into english as 'moral', but in fact they are not the same, and so following the principle of exegetical neutrality, I shall simply use ...
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Is the foundation of morality subjectively survival and happiness, and why or why not?
Many rational minds have come to attribute the foundation of morality to humankind's survival and happiness. I have been discussing with friends about why that 'humankind survival and happiness' must ...
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What is the axiological basis of the preference of truth to falsity?
Axiologically speaking, why is truth the preferred logical value by humans? In general, why do we prefer true statements to false ones? What about the value of true makes a statement "right,"...
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Why is equality assumed to be good?
I personally hold the belief, like most, that human beings are equal and that they should be treated equally under the law. However, I am still curious as to why this claim is true and if it is not ...
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Difference between weak Axiology, strong Axiology, weak Deontology, and strong Deontology
Axiology is the philosophical study of value. However, I don't see what strong Axiology and weak Axiology mean. The same thing with strong Deontology and weak Deontology. I can't seem to find the ...
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Is the value of art always contextual, or can it ever be inherent?
A few years back, I was in a modern art museum and saw this painting by Russian Suprematist artist Kazimir Malevich:
It seems to me that the value of this painting lies completely in the identity of ...
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