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The evaluation of ideals

Journal of Philosophy 42 (21):561-577 (1945)

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  1. Concept of values in contemporary philosophical value theory.Abraham Edel - 1953 - Philosophy of Science 20 (3):198-207.
    The term “value” has a wide range of current usage in philospohy and the sciences. Descriptively, a man's “values” may refer to all his attitudes for-or-against anything. His values include his perferences and avoidances, his desire-objects and aversion-objects, his pleasure and pain tendencies, his goals, ideals, interests and disinterests, what he takes to be right and wrong, good and evil, beautiful and ugly, useful and useless, his approvals and disapprovals, his criteria of taste and standards of judgment, and so forth.
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  • (1 other version)The importance of ideals in education.Doret J. De Ruyter - 2003 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 37 (3):467–482.
    The article argues that it is important to offer children ideals. Ideals are defined as imagined excellences, which are so desirable that people will try to actualise them. These characteristics show the importance of ideals for people: ideals give direction and meaning to their lives. The motivating power of ideals can, however, also lead to fanaticism. Education should therefore involve several worthy ideals that children can commit themselves to as well as critical reflection on the ways in which people are (...)
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