Debased values

‘Debased values’ refers to the status of a socius where general values have been debased (lost their base). Other Names: Debased attitudes; Isms
Claim: 
▬ To understand the error in objectivism and subjectivism, we must see that, in general, for every attitude, there is a debased form of it described as an "ism". For liberality, liberalism; for intellectuality, intellectualism; for authority, authoritarianism; for communality, communism; and so on...A distortion is derived from the value it debases, by singling it out and elevating it to be high, or by pressing it down deep to be fundamental. For instance, when we elevate the ordinary value and values of human life into the "sanctity of human life" we debase our values in the attempt to put them beyond question. (Max Deutscher. Subjecting and Objecting, 1983)
== Branching ==
* See: Nihilism.
* See: Devaluation; Loss of balance; Imbalance; Loss of tradition.
* Associated with: Atomisation; Decline; Degeneration; Doom.
* Aggravates: Vacuous public values; Meretricious standards
* Narrower problems: Unfettered liberalism; Objectivism; Subjectivism; Intellectualism; Authoritarianism; "Relativism".
Category:Nihilism
Category:Transity