pt. 1. Personal values. The initial question ; Sorting it out : how we choose our values -- pt. 2. Four basic mental modes and the value systems associated with them. Value systems based on sense experience ; Value systems based on logic ; Value systems based on emotion ; Value systems based on intuition -- pt. 3. Two of the most important synthetic mental modes and the value systems associated with them. Value systems based on authority ; Value systems based on "science" -- pt. 4. Variations on a theme (including other examples of synthetic value systems). The cross-fertilization of values ; Four highly personal synthetic value systems closely linked to traditional religions and grounded either in emotion or sense experience : Barth, Einstein, Gandhi, Meir ; Why values get so complicated -- Values in the classroom. Teaching directly about values ; Political value systems or ideologies (taught, reflected, or alluded to in undergraduate courses) that express sense experience, logic, and especially emotion ; Economic value systems or ideologies (taught, reflected, or alluded to in undergraduate courses) that express sense experience, logic, and especially emotion ; Philosophical value systems (taught, reflected, or alluded to in undergraduate courses) that express logic plus -- ; Value systems associated with literary criticism (taught, reflected, or alluded to in undergraduate courses) that express sense experience plus -- pt. 6. Epilogue. A personal note.
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