This depends partly on pre-replication-crisis results (especially situationism), but see http://humancond.org/analysis/social/attitude_behavior_gap … My take is that "attitudes" or values are adopted for social signalling rather than as basis for behavior.
Fairness, freedom, decency. These can be invoked to justify either side of many policy disputes.
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Hm I see. They can be abused by someone as justification because they are more abstract. But if you are honest and e.g. you value freedom, it can surely help you decide/form your action/policy that will increase freedom or protect it.
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To elaborate - I was born in communist country so I know very well how freedom, or lack of it, looks. I might not be able to give perfect definition of freedom but that doesn't make it any less real value usable as guide to form your actions/decisions/policies.
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