Subjetividad y valor en un mundo natural

1998

I discuss, in this paper, the view of value that is associated with Humean moti- vational theories. I argue that these theories unjustifiedly constrain the kind of ele- ment that may contribute to our motivational economy and, thereby, unduly reduce our capacity to recognise certain sources of value. To this purpose, I will examine some axiological experiences that, if I am right, are inaccessible to a Humean analysis of our motivational structure. I will insist, for instance, on a sense in which social links may be important in the life of a human being which the Humean notion of de- sire cannot apprehend. Se discute, en este artículo, el tratamiento de lo valioso que se asocia a las teo-…