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In Scheler's ethics, the person is not defined by their actions or roles but as the bearer of spirit and values. Persons are unique centers of acts and are intrinsic values themselves.

Scheler posited an order of loving and hating as fundamental to ethical life, where love discloses higher values and hate responds to lower values. These emotional acts inform our moral orientation and decision-making.

Scheler emphasized the importance of phenomenological intuition in grasping the essence of values, which involves a direct, non-empirical insight into the sphere of values and essences, bypassing conceptual thinking.

Scheler proposed a hierarchy of values ranging from the sensual and vital up to the spiritual and holy. Values are experienced through intentional emotional acts, giving them an objective grounding beyond subjective preferences.

Scheler's ethical personalism centers on the dignity and value of the person. Ethical acts enhance or diminish the value of persons rather than merely altering states of affairs. Respect for persons is paramount.