Creative actualization : a meliorist theory of values /

This book presents a major new value theory, value as creative actualization. The book takes a radically new approach to values. All potential values, whether artistic, scientific, political, or economic must be creatively actualized in the world. The theory argues for an active view in which value...

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Main Author: McDonald, H. P.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2011.

Series: Value Inquiry Book Series 224.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

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Call Number: BD435 .C74 2011eb

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CREATIVE ACTUALIZATION
  • MODES OF VALUE
  • MORAL JUSTIFICATION
  • CREATIVE ACTUALIZATION AND THE WORLD
  • CRITICAL EVALUATION OF METAPHYSICAL VALUE THEORIES
  • CRITICAL EVALUATION OF SUBJECTIVE VALUE THEORIES
  • CRITICAL EVALUATION OF RELATIONAL VALUE THEORIES
  • VALUE HIERARCHIES AND VALUE AUTONOMY
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  • INDEX
  • VIBS.