Kłopoty z nazwami wartości (i wartościami)

The article discusses difficulties with understanding the language of values and with using it in communication: it concerns the very term wartośc ‘value’ and numerous value terms with general meanings and many component semantic features. The problem is discussed in a broader context of the adjective dobry ‘good’ when applied to persons. Problems with values and value terms include also frequent modifications of value hierar­chies of many people. This results in serious communicative disturbances and inadequate assessments of phenomena and events.  The final part of the article deals with the kinds of influence on ethically rational formation of the identity of the young generation, important for social and generally humanistic reasons.