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An '''ideal''' is a principle or [[culture|cultural]] [[value]] that one actively pursues as a goal.  Ideals are particularly important in [[ethics]], as the order in which one places them tends to determine the degree to which one reveals them as real and sincere.  

An '''ideal''' is a principle or [[culture|cultural]] [[value]] that one actively pursues as a goal.  Ideals are particularly important in [[ethics]], as the order in which one places them tends to determine the degree to which one reveals them as real and sincere.  

Someone who claims to have an ideal of honesty but is willing to lie to protect a friend is demonstrating that not only does he hold [[friendship]] as an ideal, but, it is more important than honesty.

Someone who claims to have an ideal of honesty but is willing to lie to protect a friend is demonstrating that not only does he hold [[friendship]] as an ideal, but, it is more important than honesty.

==In applied ethics==

==In applied ethics==

In some theories of applied ethics, such as that of Rushworth Kidder, there is importance given to such orders as a way to resolve disputes.  In [[law]], for instance, a judge is often called on to resolve the balance between the ideal of [[truth]], which would advise hearing out all evidence, and the ideal of fairness, which would require keeping some evidence unfairly gathered or impossible to validate out of the process.

In some theories of applied ethics, such as that of Rushworth Kidder, there is importance given to such orders as a way to resolve disputes.  In [[law]], for instance, a judge is often called on to resolve the balance between the ideal of [[truth]], which would advise hearing out all evidence, and the ideal of fairness, which would require keeping some evidence unfairly gathered or impossible to validate out of the process.

==In politics==

==In politics==

==Relative ideal==

==Relative ideal==

In formal axiology, Robert S. Hartman contended that being ideal means that something is the best member of the set of all [[things]] of that class. For example, the ideal student is the best member of the set of all students in the exact same way that the ideal circle is the best circle that can be imagined of the class of all circles. Since we can define the properties that the ideal member of a class should have, the value of any actual object can be empirically determined by comparing it to the ideal. The closer an object's actual properties match up to the properties of the ideal, the better the object is. For example, a bumpy circle drawn in the sand is not as "good" as a very smooth one drawn with a compass. In the world in general, each particular object ought to become more like it's ideal. In [[ethics]], by [[analogy]], each person should attempt to become more of an ideal [[personality|person]], and a person's morality can actually be measured by examining how close they live up to their ideal self.

In formal axiology, Robert S. Hartman contended that being ideal means that something is the best member of the set of all [[things]] of that class. For example, the ideal student is the best member of the set of all students in the exact same way that the ideal circle is the best circle that can be imagined of the class of all circles. Since we can define the properties that the ideal member of a class should have, the value of any actual object can be empirically determined by comparing it to the ideal. The closer an object's actual properties match up to the properties of the ideal, the better the object is. For example, a bumpy circle drawn in the sand is not as "good" as a very smooth one drawn with a compass. In the world in general, each particular object ought to become more like it's ideal. In [[ethics]], by [[analogy]], each person should attempt to become more of an ideal [[personality|person]], and a person's morality can actually be measured by examining how close they live up to their ideal self.

==See also==

==See also==

* [[Idealism]]

* [[Idealism]]

*[http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper160.html#5.%20THE%20RELIGION%20OF%20THE%20IDEAL Religion of the Ideal]

*[https://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper160.html#5.%20THE%20RELIGION%20OF%20THE%20IDEAL Religion of the Ideal]

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