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Committee VI DRAFT--6/15/92 ‘Values and the Social Order For Conférence Distribution Only VALUES AND THE SOCIAL ORDER by Anthony de Jasay Cany, FRANCE ‘The Nineteenth International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences Seoul, Korea ‘August 19-26, 1992 © 1992, International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences varus ANT SEF SCOTAL. ORDER 1. Froa Yelue to Raticnel Action The besic busléine block of cociel theory ie orecticel in ference, the iveical reletion we conse‘ously or unconsciously refer to for understending, exlzining end predicting humen action. Aristotle intreduced srect! 1 inference es ¢ wey of Linkine the goo or cesireble to the action thet was coed, Bight. Recent thourht treats it es the esprovriete fore of ressoning frow neens to ends, poels. /1/ Ends ere broedly cherec terized by velues, which must be, to rut st et its lowest, one of the veriebles upon which the fesiredness or roodness of ends devends, The notion thet ection, end sore precisely the choice onong feasible ections, ie ourrosive, is sarlicit in such ressonine, #8 the poseibility of using its premises, if sufficiently specified, for telling whether en action thet aorlieg come zeane to soxe end wes enticnelly chosen or noty or how strong, hey

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