Moral Values

 

Value

The word Value comes from the Latin valere, meaning "to be strong" or "to be worth something."

1. Value as Worth

Something is valuable if it is useful or meaningful.

  • Example: Clean water is valuable because it sustains life.

2. Value as Excellence

Something is valuable if it is admired or follows a high standard.

  • Example: We value courage in a soldier or honesty in a teacher.

3. Value vs. Disvalue

  • Value: Promotes life and growth (e.g., Peace).
  • Disvalue: Harms or destroys (e.g., Violence).

 Six Key Definitions of Value

1. Value as Excellence, Usefulness, or Desirability (Webster)

Value is not the object itself, but a quality:

  • Excellence: A teacher who inspires.
  • Usefulness: A medicine that cures.
  • Desirability: Something we want, like happiness.

2. Value as an "Object of Interest" (R.B. Perry)

Something becomes valuable simply because someone is interested in it.

  • Example: A common rock is worthless to most, but highly valuable to a scientist studying it.

3. Value as "Action and Retention" (George Lundberg)

We show what we value by how we act. If you work hard to keep or grow something, you value it.

  • Example: If you exercise every day, you value your health.

4. Value as "Appreciation or Wishing" (Park & Burgos)

Value is anything we can recognize as good or wish to have.

  • Example: You might wish for world peace. Even if you can't "buy" it, it is still a value because you appreciate it.

5. Value as the "Flip Side of Motive" (Richard LaPiere)

A motive is why you act; a value is what satisfies that motive.

  • Motive: Hunger.
  • Value: Food.

6. Value as "Any Object of Any Need" (Howard Becker)

This is the broadest view. If you have a need, whatever fills that need is a value.

  • Example: If you need to feel safe, a sturdy lock on your door is a value.

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