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What is the difference between wanting things and valuing things?
What is the difference between wanting things and valuing things? I think there might be a difference, insofar as those who value things might retort, when it is pointed out that they have nothing ...
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What is that phenomenon when to defend an ideal one has to do the opposite of that ideal?
I'll give you an example.There is a person who believes in nonviolence. He believes it so much that he paints a board which says "nonviolence is the best way, violence is sin." And he is ...
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Can the conflict between morality and amorality be resolved? [closed]
Question inspired by another question: How can moral disagreements be resolved when the conflicting parties are guided by fundamentally different value systems?
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How can moral disagreements be resolved when the conflicting parties are guided by fundamentally different value systems?
Consider the following scenarios:
Person A holds a belief system that regards human life as inherently sacred, leading them to oppose abortion in all circumstances, without exception. In contrast, ...
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Is reputation an end in itself beyond merely being a means for success in society?
Is reputation an end in itself? I don't think it is, though it may be intrinsic (I have a good reputation for some things and not relative to other people, though perhaps not what I have done). Any ...
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Supposing my death is not an intrinsic or extrinsic good, should I never engage in acts that will certainly or near certainly result in my death?
Supposing my death is not an intrinsic or extrinsic good, should I never engage in acts that will certainly or near certainly result in my death? It's not obviously a trivial inference, but it seems ...
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Mind independence/dependence and objective/intersubjective/subjective existence
I think it’s an objective, empirical fact that humans have desires, emotions, values, and can think about non-existent entities (like dragons, or Santa Claus).
But there is no objective existence of ...
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Is science value-free?
Some people, like Sam Harris, say that science has values of its own. According to him, even a statement like "Water is two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen" is value-laden. But I don't ...
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Does having no view have intrinsic value?
Nagarjuna famously claims to hold no view, and, further, that those
who hold sunyata as a view are incurable
This is alledged to occur in his Vigrahavyavartani, but I don't have access to a copy.
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Would it be possible to convince a hungry alien species that human lives are valuable?
Suppose that:
an extraterrestrial species comes to earth
they are vastly more intelligent than us, and are capable of easily overpowering us militarily
they have moral intuitions, but different from ...
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Evaluative Nihilism (1) : If everything in the world has no objective value, will it have the meaning of having an objective value of zero? [closed]
Let’s talk about an idea from Professor Michael Hauskeller. He says that nothing in the world has an objective value (See note 2*) . If we think about this as everything having a neutral objective ...
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Was Pontius Pilate justified in his actions? [closed]
Was Pontius Pilate justified in his sentencing of Jesus to the cross?
Some, like the Ethiopian church view him as a saint, while others believe that he is in hell. Pontius Pilate was given the sudden ...
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Is subjectivity a deeply integral part of human intelligence? Why?
I believe that at its core, intelligence requires that some form of “good” or “bad” value judgments be made during the perception process. Values are the motivation behind an objective or goal. Values ...
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Positive well-being or the absence of values: does it matter what to choose?
In his paper, “If Nothing Matters” (2016), Guy Kahane discusses evaluative nihilism, which is plainly described by him as:
“Nothing is good or bad. All evaluative propositions are false.”
Prof. ...
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If any meaning to life is bad, then is all life bad? [closed]
If any meaning to life is bad, then is all life bad? What is the relation between the meaning of life and life?
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In every moral disagreement there is at least one shared value?
Are there "general universal norms" that explain divergence in particular cases such as property/taxation is theft, ones that are held by all people? Is that the same as asking whether in ...
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What should I read on a journey of self discovery?
This year my goal is to do some self discovery. To understand my values, purpose, goals, and desires better. I think philosophy can help me with this. Where should I start? What reading would you ...
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Can philosophy be useful?
I cite the article by Hans Radder entitled "Everything of value is useful: How philosophy can be socially relevant", published by Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective. He ...
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If p then it is not obligatory to know p and if not p then it is not obligatory to know not p → not obligatory to know p or not p?
Suppose that if I am happy I am not obliged to know it, and if I am not happy I am not obliged to know it, then does that mean that I am not obliged to know if I am happy or not? It seems non ...
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Can the fact/value distinction be drawn on any conception of facts, or only some of these?
The SEP article on facts goes over many conceptions of these things. Sec. 5 of the article on correspondence theories of truth lists the following objection at its end:
All facts, even the most ...
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Initial/terminal values in a category of values (instead of intrinsic/final vs. extrinsic/instrumental values)
It seems as if the concept of intrinsic value is so unclear and/or unstable that we can't even tell whether (or when) it is transitiveT:
First, there is the possibility that the relation of intrinsic ...
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Nature of Values: Is There Such a Thing as a Universal Value?
Introduction
The inquiry into the nature of values isn't merely theoretical; it is a matter of existential importance, especially when the values you've grown up with have been rooted in deception, ...
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Do you think evil people are conducting according to principles that are legitimate in their own system of values? [closed]
Do you think people who are phenomenally evil and profiting off of others’ suffering are conducting according to a set of internal values that are legitimate from their point of view, although they ...
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If we can't know whether a divine being exists, would that being be unimportant even if it did exist?
This is what I thought at first (by "objectively important," we mean this in the sense of naive moral realism, at least):
If there were an ultimately powerful, knowledgeable, and good being,...
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Is it better to exist than not to exist?
Once we already exist we want to continue existing, but before we existed we did not care if we existed or not. So what is better? Is it better to bring new life into existence? And the more we bring, ...
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What are some good personal reasons to engage with philosophy?
Background: I've read Bertrand Russell's essay on the value of philosophy, and a small bit of Rorty.
A few non-knowlege-centric reasons for engaging with philosophy I've come across and am open to:
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Is "intrinsic value" an intelligible concept?
It's easy to talk in terms of things having intrinsic value, and it often sounds as though philosophers take it for granted that this is a coherent concept. But it seems to me that "to be ...
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Is it correct to say that all work is only an instrumental value and therefore it matters not whether or not someone can do it?
Another follow up Q to this series:
If all work is automated, what will humans be able to do?
Do humans need some agency over the world around them for their lives to have some sense or purpose?
It'...
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How not to lose myself while aiming high?
Considering the rapidly transforming environment and pressure from society, how to achieve my own goals without losing an attachment to the core values?
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The differences of Pinker and Vervaeke on the enlightenement?
So I was hearing a podcast where Vervaeke says:
Steven (Pinker) has some good things to say and he's a good cognitive
scientist, but the enlightenment is not sort of, religious neutral.
The ...
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Where exactly does the value of an individual human lie?
I mean to ask where the value of a human lies, not within the context of the universe but within the room of humanity. What exactly makes a human important? And, is it always something she puts out ...
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Value from arbitrary restriction vs value from sharing
Let's take a simplifying example to illustrate two opposite worldviews:
Some people see value in intangible things when access to these things is restricted as if sharing was leading to a value loss: ...
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At odds virtues
Asked in psych SE and was re-routed here [1].
What if anything has been written about the tensions between commonly accepted virtues?
Here's the small list I have as an example:
Honesty and Kindness. ...
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Why is truth considered a value in Western Philosphy?
In general I notice that a lot of Western philosophy emphasizes truth as a value.
For example, John Vervaeke argues truth as value using the following argument (to paraphrase):
"Would you want to ...
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What is the relationship between values and meaning (in life)?
Please correct me if you think I am wrong, but it has become apparent to me that meaning - in the senses of significance of one's own life, purpose and sense-making - and values are inextricably ...
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What does "Normative" Mean?
I was reading the SEP articles on aesthetic judgment and had a really hard time understanding some parts. What it came down to is that they were using a definition of 'normative' I did not know. The ...
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What are personal values more exactly?
Ever since the new year, I've been researching personal values with the goal of understanding what they mean and which ones I have. I've been doing some reading about them here and there, ever so ...
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The Philosophy of War and Value Judgement [closed]
With the war in Ukraine, I think a field has been opened up for studying the philosophy of war deeper. First of all, I would like to state that I oppose the war in Ukraine and Russian government's ...
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What informs the value theory one practices?
Stanford Encyclopedia states:
"In its broadest sense, “value theory” is a catch-all label used to
encompass all branches of moral philosophy, social and political
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Assuming meta-ethical subjective relativism, what is the bearer of value?
Is it the particular condition of concrete events, objects, or actions that are valuable for their own sake?
Or is it particular mental states of observers that are the bearers, and creators, of value?...
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What determines the value of money?
The value of money can be defined as the cost to produce it. It costs, say, 1, to produce 10 000 000 coins or notes, while digital money costs virtually nothing. Of course, it can also be that it ...
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What is the axiological basis of the preference of truth to falsity?
Axiologically speaking, why is truth the preferred logical value by humans? In general, why do we prefer true statements to false ones? What about the value of true makes a statement "right,"...
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Is there a universally accepted definition of what constitutes 'science' from a philosophy of science perspective?
The term science gets bandied about so much that it is not always clear what is meant. This is fine in conversation, etc. But it becomes problematic when the question becomes, is there a proper domain ...
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Why is Savulescu's (2001) Nuclear Accident case a case of harmless wrong-doing rather than a case of harmful wrong-doing?
Savulescu (2001) writes:
"Or consider the Nuclear Accident. A poor country does not have enough power to provide power to its citizens during an extremely cold winter. The government decides to open ...
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How do Burkean conservatives respond to the accusation of cultural relativism?
I sincerely hope that this is the right StackExchange to ask this question. Politics deals with pragmatics and History seldom deals with more abstract questions.
As far as I can gather, Burkean ...
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Which philosophers explore the link between value and presuppositions?
For instance suppose a person, A, reads that God said to man that he, man, should not do something but because the man does it, they, A, believe that therefore man has free will, but, this is because ...
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Value of human life in a simulation [closed]
I’m interested to see whether people think the value of human life is worth less if our existence is the result of a simulation created by a “higher being.” Would living in base reality give more ...
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Is there an aspect of the person that is outside time and or size? Does anyone argue that to defeat nihilism?
Is there an aspect of the person that is outside time or scale? Does anyone argue that to defeat nihilism, and does that come up in discussing value nihilism?
I just think that anyone who claims that ...
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How is/was "good" (as the contrary of bad) defined? [closed]
As Nietzsche differentiated there are two kinds of good: this question's focus is on the contrary of bad, not the contrary of evil.
There are quite a lot of possible ways to define the common term "...
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Pandora's Box: Is hope evil? [closed]
I know, most questions here are more sophisticated, but this question sparked in my mind some time ago:
Is hope a bad thing?
The reason I got to this idea is that I had a hard time with lots of ...
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