Hermeneutic preconditions for an axiological ethics of authenticity

Abstract

In this paper we present two hermeneutic preconditions of values. For this work, we use two converging methodologies: on the one hand, a philosophical study, and on the other hand, an empirical investigation. Furthermore, we have divided the work into three parts. In the first part, we present an epistemological map of values where, as the first precondition of the hermeneutics of values, we posit that values ​are ​a priori knowledge that are realized a posteriori. In the second part, and as the second precondition of the hermeneutics of values, we present the results and conclusions of empirical research on a fundamental feature of value. That is: hierarchy. Finally, in the third part, and derived from all of the above, we present a proposal: values ​​as an orientation in the horizon of vital meaning.