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AXIOLOGY & VALUE
INTRODUCTION:
Axiology is the philosophical study of value. It is either the collective term for ethics and aesthetics- philosophical fields that depend crucially on notions of value or the foundation for these fields, and thus similar to value theory and meta-ehics. The term was first used by Paul Lapie in 1902 and Edward Von Hartman in 1908.
MEANING OF AXIOLOGY:
Axiology is the science of value. The word ‘axiology’ derived from two Greek words- ‘axios’ means worth or value and ‘logos’ means logic or theory, means theory of value. The development of the science makes possible the objective measurement of value as accurately as a thermometer measures heat.
Axiology is an objective format for measuring intangible attitudes and values. Moreover, axiology measures the level of development and the types of one’s perceptual biases in one’s thinking.
AREA OF AXIOLOGY:
Axiology studies mainly two kinds of values: ethics and aesthetics. Ethics investigates the concepts of right and good in individual and social conduct. Aesthetics studies the concept of beauty and harmony.
ETHICS :
Ethics also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct. Ethics is a complement to aesthetics in the philosophical field of axiology. In philosophy, ethics studies the moral behaviour in humans and how one should act.
Ethics may be broadly defined as that division of philosophy which deals with questions concerning the nature of value in matters of human conduct.
While virtually all people are concerned with making ehical judgements and decisions, philosophers in particular are concerned to
Explicate the nature of such judgements in general and
Provide criteria for determining what is ethically right or wrong, and Analyze the reasons we have for holding them to be correct.
Those concerned exclusively with telling us what is right or wrong, good or bad, in matters of human conduct may be termed “moralists”. While philosophers have sometimes been moralists, as philosophers their primary concern is not so much to provide moral perscriptions as it is to explain why what we consider to be ‘right’ or ‘good’ is right or good. To do so, philosophers engaged with such questions have generally sought to formulate and justify “ethical theories” which are intended to explain the fundamental nature of that which is ‘good’, why it is ‘good’, and why the ethical priniciples which are most commonly used to evaluate human conduct follow from this theory of that which is good.
ETHICAL THEORIES:
There are two types of ethical theories-
- Consequentialist or Teleological Ethical Theory
- Motivational or Deontological Ethical Theory
1. Teleological Ethical theory: This theory claims that what makes an action right or
wrong are the consequences of the action; quite simply a “right action” is one which has good consequences and a “wrong action” has bad consequences.
2. Deontological Ethical Theory: This theory holds an opposition to a consequentialist
theory that it is not the consequences but the motivation which prompts the agent to do an action which makes an action right or wrong. On this type of ehtical theory an action motivated by the right sort of reasons will be “right” no matter whether its consequences are desirable or not, whereas an action motivated by the wrong sorts of reasons will be a wrong action, even if its consequences might be considered desirable.
TYPES OF ETHICS:
Ethics maybe divided into four major areas of study:
1. Meta Ethics: It is about the theoretical meaning and reference of moral propositions
and how their truth values may be determined.
2. Normative Ethics: It is about the practical means of determining a moral course of
action.
3. Applied Ethics: It is about how moral outcomes can be achieved in specific situations.
Value is the quality in the object that satisfies the desire of the subject. Desires can be divided into Sungsang desire and Hyungsang desire; as a consequence, there are also Sungsang value and Hyungsang value. Sungsang value is a spiritual value that satisfies the sungsang desire; it consists of trueness, goodness, beauty and love. Trueness, beauty and goodness are the values corresponding to the three faculties of the mind, namely, intellect, emotion and will.
On the other hand, Hyungsang value which satisfies the Hyungsang desire, refers to the value of daily necessities, such as food, clothing and shelter- called material value or commodity value. Material value is the value necessary for physical life or the value that satisfies the desire of the physical mind. Physical life is the basis for file growth of the spirit person and for the fulfilment of the three great blessings. Thus, the Hyungsang value is a requisite for the realisation of sungsang value.
In this way value includes both Sungsang value and Hyungsang value. Axiology, however, is a philosophical field that deals primarily with sungsang value.
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