ABSTRACT

This afterword to the Qualifying Sociality through Values special issue reflects on the challenge, aptly considered by each contributor, to revamp and rejuvenate the sociality concept in light of the ethical turn. It poses three questions. Firstly, just how important are values for sociality? That is, to what extent is social action really conceived and executed through values? Secondly, how does sociality itself figure as a value, and how should we accommodate values that are not obviously prosocial such as separation and withdrawal? Thirdly, what is the relationship between competing values – when and how (if at all) do values genuinely conflict rather than complement or reinforce one other, and how do people then choose between them? These questions are crucial, I suggest, if we are to advance our understanding of how people embark on the shared project of crafting good and meaningful lives.

摘要

这本“通过价值观实现合格社会”专刊的后记反映了每个贡献者都适当考虑过的挑战，即要根据伦理道德观念改造和振兴社会概念。它提出了三个问题。首先，社会价值观具有多重要？也就是说，通过价值观念真正地构想和执行了社会行动到什么程度？其次，社会性本身如何被视为一种价值，我们应该如何容纳不明显亲社会的价值，例如分离和退缩？第三，相互竞争的价值观之间的关系是什么？何时，如何（如果有的话）真正地相互冲突而不是相互补充或加强，人们又如何在它们之间进行选择？我建议这些问题至关重要