Summary / Resumé
Armin Nassehi: Interview about values and the discourse of values from the sociological point of view
Where and why is all that happens in our society associated with values? Values had in fact never disappeared, but only recently they have resurfaced as an important issue. This fact indicates that they are in acute danger. For parts of the younger generation a renaissance of so-called secondary virtues seems to compensate for uncertain future prospects. In other areas, such as ethics committees in hospitals or in business ethics, the motives of individuals are put to the test and a system of rules is created, in which socially desired value-oriented behaviour leads to real benefits. Furthermore, it applies to religiously motivated values, that they cannot be achieved by moral appeals but rather through religiously motivated action and practice.