On the Intimate Relation Between Social Facts and Three Types of Values

Chapter

Abstract

Since 1900, a considerable number of philosophical works have been published on the relation between facts and values. Are facts totally separated from values, or is there some intrinsic or intimate relation between facts and values? The traditional division between “is” and “ought”, outlined by David Hume, suggests one major approach to this issue. Yet while a number of scholars have worked on this subject, research continues, and the possibility of a new way to approach the subject is still open

Keywords

Social Fact Social Institution Moral Norm Physical Material Cultural Meaning 
These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

Notes

Acknowledgments

I gratefully acknowledge my debt to Professor Willian Sweet, for providing very helpful suggestion for this article.

Copyright information

© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.School of PhilosophyRENMIN University of ChinaBeijingChina

Personalised recommendations