"Over the course of history, Fraser argues, human values have served primarily not as conservative influences that promote permanence, continuity, and balance -

First Published in 1971, Human Values and the Mind of Man examines how value questions have been treated in traditional theories of human nature. The book prese

This volume presents theoretical, methodological, and empirical advances in understanding, and also in the effects of understanding, individual and societal val

Provides a wealth of information about values and beliefs of people all over the world

This original and engaging book advocates an unabashedly empirical approach to understanding human values: abstract ideals that we consider important, such as f