Instrumental value – strong and weak
(2002) In Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 5. p.23-43- Abstract
- What does it mean that an object has instrumental value? While some writers seem to think it means that the object bears a value, and that instrumental value accordingly is a kind of value, other writers seem to think that the object is not a value bearer but is only what is conducive to something of value. Contrary to what is the general view among philosophers of value, I argue that if instrumental value is a kind of value, then it is a kind of extrinsic final value.
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- Rønnow-Rasmussen, Toni LU
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- 2002
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- trope, Kagan, extrinsic value, Auxiliary value, final value, instrumentality, Korsgaard, intrinsic value, usefulness, value bearer
- in
- Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
- volume
- 5
- pages
- 23 - 43
- publisher
- Springer
- ISSN
- 1386-2820
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 67b3a818-6edd-4e6d-b7bb-106cdd26c767 (old id 793452)
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