Axiology

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Greaves, Hilary (2017) Population axiology, Philosophy Compass, vol. 12, pp. 1–15.

Greaves, Hilary & Toby Ord (2017) Moral uncertainty about population axiology, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, vol. 12, pp. 135–167.

Axiology, also known as theory of the good and value theory (in a narrow sense of that term), is a branch of normative ethics concerned with what kind of things and outcomes are morally good, or intrinsically valuable. This is in contrast to the theory of the right,right, which is concerned with what people morally ought to do.

There are many possible theories of value. Some hold that there is just one source of value, while others rely on multiple sources. Almost all theories agree that well-beingwellbeing (also known as “welfare”) has value, and some theories, known as welfarist theories, hold that that it is the only thing which has intrinsic value. Non-welfarist theories recognize other sources of value, such as fairness, equality, or beauty.

Further readingBibliography

Schroeder, Mark (2016)(2008) Value theory, in Edward Zalta (ed.), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, February 5 (updated 4 March 2021).

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