Kłopoty z nazwami wartości (i wartościami)
Abstract The article analyzes some of the difficulties in understanding the discourse of values and the way ‘values’ are employed in argument. It deals in particular with the meaning of the term ‘value’ itself as well as the various names of values which appear to be rather general and to contain a broad range of diverse semantic components. The problem is illustrated by the case of the different perceptions of the adjective ‘good’ as used in the phrase ‘a good man’. The processes of communication and understanding are further complicated by the different ranking of a given value in people’s individual hierarchies of value. The latter part of the article is concerned with the problem of shaping the moral and rational self-understanding of the young generation - a task of great importance from both the social and ethical point of view