ABSTRACT
Values have some connection with choice and decision. Within the separate disciplines 'value' can be given a special status. Evaluations are best distinguished from value judgments by the latter's closeness to action. Value judgments may be of several distinct kinds, but one important grouping is that of moral judgments. Such judgments of what ought to be done overriding in the light of human considerations have been seen by moral philosophers as based on one of three foundations: duty, purpose or value. W. Lamont argues for a strong distinction between what he calls the comparative value judgments and a number of other judgments taken to be value judgments. Thus, he is concerned to distinguish the comparative value judgments from moral judgments, judgments of efficiency and aesthetic judgments. 'Values' are assumed to be only 'moral', but it is important to appreciate non-moral values.
