Value
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Value or values may refer to:

Concepts of worth:
  • Value theory
    Value theory
    Value theory encompasses a range of approaches to understanding how, why and to what degree people should value things; whether the thing is a person, idea, object, or anything else. This investigation began in ancient philosophy, where it is called axiology or ethics. Early philosophical...

     – overview of approaches in various disciplines
  • Value (ethics)
    Value (ethics)
    In ethics, value is a property of objects, including physical objects as well as abstract objects , representing their degree of importance....

    • Value (personal and cultural)
      Value (personal and cultural)
      A personal or cultural value is an absolute or relative ethical value, the assumption of which can be the basis for ethical action. A value system is a set of consistent values and measures. A principle value is a foundation upon which other values and measures of integrity are based...

  • Value (economics)
    Value (economics)
    An economic value is the worth of a good or service as determined by the market.The economic value of a good or service has puzzled economists since the beginning of the discipline. First, economists tried to estimate the value of a good to an individual alone, and extend that definition to goods...

    • Theory of value (economics)
      Theory of value (economics)
      "Theory of value" is a generic term which encompasses all the theories within economics that attempt to explain the exchange value or price of goods and services...

    • Value investing
      Value investing
      Value investing is an investment paradigm that derives from the ideas on investment and speculation that Ben Graham and David Dodd began teaching at Columbia Business School in 1928 and subsequently developed in their 1934 text Security Analysis...

    • Value (marketing)
      Value (marketing)
      The value of a product is the mental estimation a consumer makes of it. Formally it may be conceptualized as the relationship between the consumer's perceived benefits in relation to the perceived costs of receiving these benefits...

  • Value (law)
    Value (law)
    Value within the context of law, particularly with respect to contracts, is a concept closely related, but not identical, to that of consideration....

     - i.e. consideration


Concepts of quantity
Quantity
Quantity is a property that can exist as a magnitude or multitude. Quantities can be compared in terms of "more" or "less" or "equal", or by assigning a numerical value in terms of a unit of measurement. Quantity is among the basic classes of things along with quality, substance, change, and relation...

, amount, or entity
  • Value (semiotics)
    Value (semiotics)
    In semiotics, the value of a sign depends on its position and relations in the system of signification and upon the particular codes being used.-Saussure's Value:Value is the sign as it is determined by the other signs in a semiotic system...

  • Value (mathematics)
    Value (mathematics)
    In mathematics, value commonly refers to the 'output' of a function. In the most basic case, that of unary, single-valued functions, there is one input and one output .The function f of the example is real-valued, since each and every possible function value is real...

  • Value (computer science)
    Value (computer science)
    In computer science, a value is an expression which cannot be evaluated any further . The members of a type are the values of that type. For example, the expression "1 + 2" is not a value as it can be reduced to the expression "3"...



Other
  • Lightness (color)
    Lightness (color)
    Lightness is a property of a color, or a dimension of a color space, that is defined in a way to reflect the subjective brightness perception of a color for humans along a lightness–darkness axis. A color's lightness also corresponds to its amplitude.Various color models have an explicit term for...



The term values usually refers to:
  • Value (ethics)
    Value (ethics)
    In ethics, value is a property of objects, including physical objects as well as abstract objects , representing their degree of importance....

  • Value (personal and cultural)
    Value (personal and cultural)
    A personal or cultural value is an absolute or relative ethical value, the assumption of which can be the basis for ethical action. A value system is a set of consistent values and measures. A principle value is a foundation upon which other values and measures of integrity are based...

  • Value (law)
    Value (law)
    Value within the context of law, particularly with respect to contracts, is a concept closely related, but not identical, to that of consideration....


See also

  • Anthropological theories of value
    Anthropological theories of value
    Anthropological theories of value attempt to expand on the traditional theories of value used by economists or ethicists. They are often broader in scope than the theories of value of Adam Smith, David Ricardo, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, etc. usually including sociological, political,...

  • Extrinsic value
    Extrinsic value
    Extrinsic value is value which arises because of an agreement: Although the intrinsic value of a €100 note is not much more than the value of any similar piece of paper with a comparable graphic on it, it has a practical value of €100. This type of value is regularly associated with Representative...

  • Intrinsic value (disambiguation)
  • Moral character
    Moral character
    Moral character or character is an evaluation of a particular individual's durable moral qualities. The concept of character can imply a variety of attributes including the existence or lack of virtues such as integrity, courage, fortitude, honesty, and loyalty, or of good behaviors or habits...

  • Phronesis
    Phronesis
    Phronēsis is an Ancient Greek word for wisdom or intelligence which is a common topic of discussion in philosophy. In Aristotelian Ethics, for example in the Nicomachean Ethics it is distinguished from other words for wisdom as the virtue of practical thought, and is usually translated "practical...

  • Store of value
    Store of value
    A recognized form of exchange can be a form of money or currency, a commodity like gold, or financial capital. To act as a store of value, these forms must be able to be saved and retrieved at a later time, and be predictably useful when retrieved....

  • Value added
    Value added
    In economics, the difference between the sale price and the production cost of a product is the value added per unit. Summing value added per unit over all units sold is total value added. Total value added is equivalent to Revenue less Outside Purchases...

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