Values: Why We Need Them Although They Don't Exist - Hardcover

by Andreas Urs Sommer (Author), Paul Richards (Translator)

In his book, Andreas Urs Sommer reflects on the question of what it really means when everybody's appealing to values, all the time - the question, fundamentally, of what values actually are. Values explores both of these points, arriving at two intriguing suggestions: Maybe what we call values are just a set of elaborate fictions. And maybe those fictions serve some very important purposes.

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In his book, Andreas Urs Sommer reflects on the question of what it really means when everybody's appealing to values, all the time - the question, fundamentally, of what values actually are. Values explores both of these points, arriving at two intriguing suggestions: Maybe what we call values are just a set of elaborate fictions. And maybe those fictions serve some very important purposes.

Author Biography

Andreas Urs Sommer is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and head of the "Nietzsche Commentary" research centre at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.