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Single Idea 18686

[filed under theme 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / a. Nature of value ]

Full Idea

The main claims of the Fitting Attitude view of value are Reduction: values such are goodness are reduced to fitting attitudes, having reasons, and Normative Redundancy: goodness provides no reasons for attitudes beyond the thing's features.

Gist of Idea

The Fitting Attitude view says values are fitting or reasonable, and values are just byproducts

Source

Francesco Orsi (Value Theory [2015], 8.2)

Book Ref

Orsi,Francesco: 'Value Theory' [Bloomsbury 2015], p.136

A Reaction

Orsi's book is a sustained defence of this claim. I like the Normative Redundancy idea, but I am less persuaded by the Reduction.

The 14 ideas from 'Value Theory'

18666 Value-maker concepts (such as courageous or elegant) simultaneously describe and evaluate [Orsi]
18667 The '-able' concepts (like enviable) say this thing deserves a particular response [Orsi]
18672 Values from reasons has the 'wrong kind of reason' problem - admiration arising from fear [Orsi]
18668 Truths about value entail normative truths about actions or attitudes [Orsi]
18670 The Buck-Passing view of normative values says other properties are reasons for the value [Orsi]
18669 Values can be normative in the Fitting Attitude account, where 'good' means fitting favouring [Orsi]
18677 A thing may have final value, which is still derived from other values, or from relations [Orsi]
18680 To avoid misunderstandings supervenience is often expressed negatively: no A-change without B-change [Orsi]
18679 Things are only valuable if something makes it valuable, and we can ask for the reason [Orsi]
18682 A complex value is not just the sum of the values of the parts [Orsi]
18683 Trichotomy Thesis: comparable values must be better, worse or the same [Orsi]
18684 Rather than requiring an action, a reason may 'entice' us, or be 'eligible', or 'justify' it [Orsi]
18685 Final value is favoured for its own sake, and personal value for someone's sake [Orsi]
18686 The Fitting Attitude view says values are fitting or reasonable, and values are just byproducts [Orsi]