Abstract
A rationale for an integration of a hierarchy of values as proposed by Scheler, a hierarchy of needs as proposed by Maslow, and Fromm's views on the development of society is presented according to an evolutionary level model of the main states of consciousness [1]. The possibilities of psycho-physiological research are emphasized as well as a need for a distinction between hierarchies of needs and values. Psychological values are defined as: 1) justification for a given way of behaving, thinking, or feeling and 2) the internal experience of motive which is its observable aspect. Typical ways of experiencing values are described on each level. They are experienced as sensations on the biological levels, as feelings (felt values) on prelogical level, as recognized values on the logical level, and as “direct experience of values” on a supralogical level.
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