id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-4450 Value theory - Wikipedia .html text/html 2131 180 59 Traditionally, philosophical investigations in value theory have sought to understand the concept of "the good". However, both moral and natural goods are equally relevant to goodness and value theory, which is more general in scope. John Dewey (1859-1952), in his book Theory of Valuation,[2] sees goodness as the outcome of ethic valuation, a continuous balancing of "ends in view". Another contribution of pragmatism to value theory is the idea of contributory goods with a contributory conditionality. Moreover, Kant saw a good will as acting in accordance with a moral command, the "Categorical Imperative": "Act according to those maxims that you could will to be universal law.[3]" but should not be confused with the Ethic of Reciprocity or Golden Rule, e.g. Mt. 7:12. Main article: Theory of value (economics) Silvio Gesell denied value theory in economics. Theory of value (economics) ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4450.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4450.txt