Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ArtsPhilosophyValuability5 Marks
Question
Explain the statement ‘value is also objective’ by explaining the subjectivity of value.
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Answer
In the opinion of the empiricist and the utilitarian, the thing itself has no inherent value.
But the value of the thing lies in the satisfaction that man receives from the thing.
According to the philosopher Lotze, "the value that makes a pleasant and satisfying experience."
What a human being deems fit or worthwhile is valuable to him.
The attainment of something desirable or desirable gives a person a feeling of inner satisfaction or gratitude.
The feeling of gratitude is the value received by the same person.
Thus, value is the subject of every person's inner realization.
Value in this sense is subjective.
Just as salinity or sweetness is a matter of human taste, contentment, joy or gratitude is a matter of man's inner feeling.
Thus, value is not a gross object to be seen directly but a subtle realization that takes place in the human consciousness.
The person who realizes or realizes the value.
Only that person knows and feels it directly.
Value in this sense is subjective.
Value is subjective as well as objective.
According to realist thinkers, value is inherent in a thing.
The feeling of satisfaction is just an ‘indicator’. It has no value in itself.
The thing itself has self-worth.
There are universal qualities inherent in the form of a thing, which compels a person to say whether the thing is good or beautiful.
Just as a person experiences sweetness in the taste of sugar, a person experiences self-satisfaction in the qualities of forgiveness, meditation etc.
The realization of value is personal. But the value $($sugar$)$ that is realized is materially valuable.
Thus forgiveness is a personal value.
Thus the person who gives forgiveness or mercy realizes its value.
Value in this sense is also objective.
According to synergistic thinkers, a person does not create values but acquires values.
As money is not created but earned through trade, occupation, job, etc., values are acquired or assimilated through the selection of values and the corresponding conduct or activity.
When an intelligent person experiences the realization of wisdom in life, he can understand the contradictions in the materialistic outlook on life.
Such an understanding person adopts a spiritualist view of life and is motivated to practice yoga for the realization of the corresponding values.
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