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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Well, maybe sometimes… but in concretely cases there are always trade-offs. Which freedom, for whom? The gay wedding cake issue, for instance. And people usually say freedom has to be balanced against other values.
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