value theory
Noun
Meaning
value theory (countable and uncountable, plural value theories)
A theory of how people positively and negatively value things and concepts, the reasons they use in making their evaluations, and the scope of applications of legitimate evaluations across the social world.
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Examples
He has nailed his colours to the mast as a physicalist exponent of value theory and should stand by it rather than pretend to be something else.
Friedman’s ideas came to be known as shareholder value theory.
Applications Value theory Value theory concerns the value of objects.
Value theory encompasses a range of approaches to understanding how, why, and to what degree persons value things; whether the object or subject of valuing is a person, idea, object, or anything else.
The one-dimensional initial-boundary value theory may be extended to an arbitrary number of space dimensions.
Sociology main In sociology, value theory is concerned with personal values which are popularly held by a community, and how those values might change under particular conditions.