Abstract
This article analyzes the philosophical and economic definitions of ends and means and the close relationship between ends and means. Based on this analysis, we believe that human wants and needs belong to the category of the end from the perspective of philosophy, and transportation belongs to the category of means from the perspective of philosophy. In the context of economics, the means represent resources, the ends represent the human needs or want. In the philosophical sense, end belongs to the category of intrinsic value, and means belongs to the category of instrumental value. Therefore, ends belong to the subjective category, and means belong to the objective category. In the consumer behavior theory of economics, the nature of human wants/needs is unlimited; different wants/needs have different degrees of intensity; human wants/needs tend to be competitive, due to the limited resources. Due to the above nature of human wants/needs, human wants/needs can be divided into Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and due to means belonging to the objective category, resources/means can’t be divided hierarchically modeled Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Transportation belongs to the category of means/resources, so the theory of Transportation System Users’ Hierarchy of Needs is inappropriate. We further pointed out that the creators and proponents of the theory of transportation system users’ hierarchy of needs did not provide a sufficiently strong argument for the rationality of this theory to further strengthens our view, i.e., the theory of Transportation System Users’ Hierarchy of Needs is inappropriate.
Highlights
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Summary
Modeled after Maslow's division method, Winters, Neveu, et al (1979) use perceptual mapping. "Economics is the wants will constantly be changing according to the time, place, science which studies human behavior as a relationship and situation; (6) human wants of a person can become his between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses." habits or customs over time. As any end is dependent on scarce means, " Analyzing the Maslow’s theory of the hierarchy of between the end and means needs specific analysis Maslow’s third level needs, fourth level needs, abandon its premise through actual movement, and at the same fifth level needs, and sixth level needs, all do not include time abandon its subjectivity to achieve the unity of subjective transportation, which means, transportation is not reflected in and objective, to establish the object as prescribed by the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. “Means in this context is a form of Users’ Hierarchy of Needs activity which are already a part of the existing formation.”
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