Value Judgment

What is value judgment? In my perspective, it is putting or stating your opinion on a something. When you make a value judgment, you put (your) value on another opinion, idea or statement. One example of a value judgment is stating your opinion on ‘is education a business?’

There are 2 common types of value judgments. One type is Moral value judgment. As the world moral implies, it is the moral values, some examples are: truthfulness, generosity, fairness, happiness, courage and many others. The other type is utility value judgement. These are things that you need to live. Some examples would be: common sense, safety, food, money, stability, money and stability.

Examples:

1.       Is donating good?

If you make a judgement that is more to utility, you would tend to care about your money, etc. rather than moral values like generosity, and vice versa if you are more generous.

2.       Should you move far away in hopes to find business or stay together with your family?

If you make a judgement that we should stay together as a family, you would value unity more than money. If you think we should do business, you would care more about money.

3.       Is education a business?

If you care more about fairness (for those who can’t afford), you would say education shouldn’t be a business. If you would care more about the money, you’ll say that education can be a business.

4.       Do we need technology to live a better life?

If you would say we don’t need technology to live better, you would care more about simplicity rather than stability and comfort. If you think we need technology, you are likely to value comfort higher.

5.       Do we need money to be happy?

If a person says he needs money to be happy, he’ll value money higher than the moral values like unity (family). If that person says he doesn’t need money to be happy, he values unity higher than money.