On 4 Jul 96 at 23:40, Tobin Quereau wrote:
> Our ability to choose--if it does, in fact, exist--suggests to me
> the existence of values. Otherwise upon what do we base the choices
> we make?
On anticipation of immediate consequences. I think VALUES are different
than WHAT WE VALUE, from minute to minute. I don't have my social
psych./soc. texts anymore, but I would hazard a guess that values are
considered relatively enduring higher order concepts. They are at a higher
order of abstraction than what we value from minute to minute, and are
applicable to many many situations.
> I don't think that the values we have--whether we are very conscious
> of them or not--are related to the question of whether there _are_
> values or not.
It seems to me tha latter issue is nonsensical. The term values is a human
construction, it is a human construct which is used to satisfy our
psychological urge to perceive ourselves and others as acting in some
consistent manner (which we generally don't btw). It is a construct. It
doesn't exist, or not exist.
Robert Bacal, CEO, Institute For Cooperative Communication
dbt359@freenet.mb.ca, Located in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
(204 888-9290.
--"Robert Bacal" <dbt359@freenet.mb.ca>
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