Are values subjective or objective? Defend you position.?

Question

Are values subjective or objective? Defend you position.

Answer 1

Values are objective, but the choosing of them may be subjective.

When you have a value, that is a firm belief. It is based on criteria that usually comes from outside and has been well established.

A true value is steady, and doesn't change for personal opinions, hence feelings of guilt and anxiety when one's values contradict desires.

However, different people hold different values at different degrees. I personally think honesty is one of the most important values, and deception is one of the worst things.

Yet many people who share other of my values will lie on a job interview and have no guilt over it. I may do things they don't like, that I do not value so highly. These things that I break are their values and not mine.

So therefore, our personal choice of values are subjective, but we must treat them objectively for them to be true values.

Loyalty, honesty, chastity, and kindness are valued by almost everyone. But the definitions and exceptions to these vary incredibly. The more someone strays from these core values, the less values they really have.

But loyalty, is that patriotism? Is that broken by accepting a job with more money? Who should we be loyal to, family, country, friends, religion, job, community, profession, class? The application of values is a subjective practice.

Answer 2

One of the consequences of subjectivism is the belief that values are subjective. This means that values are whatever we choose to pursue and whatever we desire. It means there is no such thing as good or evil, except what you think is good or evil. If you believe something is evil, that's just your own personal preference. It is not, and cannot be, a statement about reality.
The idea of values being subjective is a denial of the need or possibility of morality. Since any values can be accepted without consequence, there is no guide to determine which values should be accepted. Since there is no objective moral standard, reason cannot be used to determine how one should act. Emotions are all that is left to make the decision, and subsequently, one is ruled by one's emotions.
A second consequence to espousing subjective values is a demand for no moral judgment. Since morality is subjective, and right or wrong are not real, it makes no sense to judge others by your own personal moral whims. And when moral judgment is not practiced, justice is impossible. Crimes cannot be punished. The innocent cannot be protected. It is easy to see who benefits from this policy.

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Plato agued powerfully in favor of the objectivity of values such as truth, good, and beauty. Objective values are those that lie outside of the individual and are not dependent upon her/his perception or belief. Some philosophers theorize that all values are relative to individuals or groups. Some such relativists see truth and good as ideas that are created by the agreements of cultures. Other relativists argue that the truth of a claim depends upon the individual’s perception (e.g. beauty is in the eye of the beholder).

Based on these statements, values should be objective and a little bit subjective.

Answer 3

Values are objective. They are dependent upon the moral code of a given society.

AS an example: There are societies on this planet wherein it's OK to kill a girl child. There are many societies where it's OK to treat women as live stock. There are many societies where the hanging tree is employed. Not too many values there as WE see it but it's OK with them, so their values are based on their cultures' moral code.

Anyone can come up with their own set of values (subjective), but if your values don't match the code of the society in which you operate, you could end up on jail... or worse.

SO Objective it is!

Answer 4

All values are initially subjective as that is how we express them, from our own point of view. (Subjective testament) After that, you can express your 'subjective opinion' as to an objects value.

Answer 5

subjective as we learn them from others and defend them to the same group that taught them to us