identifying value judgments
identify social behavior from observation
interpretation, classification
"this person is dancing" vs "this person is lifting the arm"
agent-critical value judgments
(the agent's individual value, apart from the home society) - wrong
using agent's home value
assigning motivation... etc
inquirer-critical value judgments
using possible already-exists value from inquirer's (home) community
change up your value
community-critical value judgments
POV:
we cannot avoid value, otherwise result meaningless
we need different value, to make objective account
we need to identify values
Do we use agent-critical value in our daily life? Yes. Agent-critical value judgments is the value that an inquire ascribe to the agent. Correctly guessing others' motivation creates value for the inquirer. Take chess, for example, knowing how your opponent plan to play would greatly increase the chance of wining for you. Therefore, naturally, under limited information, we would guess other's motivation in order to choose whether to cooperate. Such guess uses agent-critical value judgments because the result of guessing solely depend on the inquirer.
inquirer-critical value judgments
there are reasons why identifying value judgments are good
actively search for value allows diverse values
stuck into a single value might restrict the exploration of alternative
community-critical
identify community-critical is essential to science
e.g. large scientific breakthroughs -> Galileo
however, one might argue that it is no compelling because community-critical values are constitutive value
but I still believe that constitutive value, as a philosophical / methodological value can be challenged
identify: The anthropologist draws on concepts that are part of her own social context to identify and classify the behavior. agent critical: draw own social concepts and value system to examine the function that the behavior have in its social context. Value about result/effect of events.
don't be in favor of agent's account
don't be isolated from other account
what "should be true" if a society is normal and good
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