1/26/07

Quine, Willard Van Orman - On the Nature of Moral Values

01/26/2007

Values and Morals, Goldman & Kim eds 1978

Author discusses the two parts of action: belief and desire. Discusses moral training as coming to associate positive ends with positive means-- that is, 'transmutation of means into ends'.

Author cannot pinpoint actual 'moral values' but instead discusses two more easily identified ones: Altruistic values and Ceremonial values. Altruistic means being satisfied when someone else is, and Ceremonial means attaching value to the practices of one's social/societal group.

Author considers 'moral sentiment' to be based from sympathy for one's fellow man.

[Interesting paper: worth re-reading and this is a sub-standard summary]

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