... for the person being educated. I then outline Korsgaard's analysis of the concept of intrinsic value which breaks it down into two separate conceptual distinctions: intrinsic as opposed to extrinsic value; and final as opposed to instrumental value. Next, I explain the implications of these distinctions...

... site. This was triggered by Gaston Vuillier, a painter who fell in love with the site and decided to protect it; in this case the value changed from non-anthropocentric instrumental value to anthropocentric instrumental and extrinsic value. The second movement, which began at the end of the 20th...

... to contemporary conceptions. It then offers a revisionary ‘Aristotelian’ moral justification of pity, not as a full virtue-component intrinsically related to eudaimonia but as a positive moral quality that has instrumental value in developing and sustaining a certain intrinsically valuable state...

... are recognized in the Constitution as working languages. This chapter identifies the primary influence of English in Timor-Leste as being lexical. It shows that English forms a visible and dominant part of the linguistic landscape, is a language with instrumental value for Timorese, and is a resource drawn...

... for the Saami is because they are integral to that people’s cultural identity. This is not to suggest that reindeer have a certain sort of instrumental value for the Saami, for that suggestion would imply, implausibly, that the reindeer could be replaced, without loss of value, by some alternative service...

... Katherine relations replaceability aesthetic qualities Karni Mata localism meaning rats wind farms Kant Immanuel Levinson Jerrold Welchman Jennifer well being nature of God Mount Ventoux Petrarch Kandinsky Wassily Scruton Roger The Four Seasons Vivaldi snowdrops instrumental value...

... that provides justification for other values and is not justified by any other value. A distinction between final intrinsic and final extrinsic value in terms of supervenience is subsequently introduced. Section 2.2 contains a discussion of the debate about instrumental value and other varieties of nonfinal...

... of R, the freedom ranking defined by (4.5) will reflect the instrumental value of freedom as a means to go up higher in the utility scale. The idea of linking freedom and preference satisfaction can be traced back to Hobbes (1952 [1651]) , who writes: “a freeman is he...

...This chapter provides a defense of the instrumental value of scientific knowledge and understanding as well as a defense of the use of public funds in support of scientific research, including space science. It motivates a more sophisticated understanding of the “spinoff” justification for space...

...In his recent work in social epistemology, Alvin Goldman argues that truth is the fundamental epistemic end of education, and that critical thinking is of merely instrumental value with respect to that fundamental end. He also argues that there is a central place for testimony and trust...

... may be of much worth even if it serves no ulterior purpose. goal of life Baier Kurt value questions wrong evolution life species persistence of Hanfling Oswald thought experiments aim end goal instrumental value meaning in life meaninglessness meaning of life purpose terminal value...

... copyright Friedrich Hayek instrumental value intellectual property libertarianism main principle patents productive investment Richard Posner property rights redistribution self-regulating system Then will not lawsuits and accusations against one another vanish, one may say, from among them...

... Clarence Irving C I analytic synthetic distinction language learning Tarski Alfred Putnam Hilary indeterminacy of meaning noumenon Kantian empirical truth instrumental value pragmatic value Subjective Principlism truth In Chapters Seven and Eight I examined the connection between Dualism...

...We appeal to Bernard Suits's Grasshopper to support the thesis that what has intrinsic value in human life is engagement in activities that have instrumental value. The implication of this view is that scarcity in the form of human fulfilment is necessary for human life to have point, and so...

... Sherman Nancy grace Dewey John world making project Mandoki Katya Prall D W Sepänmaa Yrjö Williams Raymond Duncum Paul Leopold Aldo aesthetic literacy aesthetic vigilance practicing everyday aesthetics social responsibility of everyday aesthetics instrumental value of everyday aesthetics...

... value instrumental value intrinsic motivating reasons instrumental motivating reasons subjective reasons objective reasons prudential reasons practical rationality A conceptual theory of law must explain how the practices constituting something as a system of law are reasonably contrived...

... between goodness (or value) and benefit. The author uncovers the sense in which contemporary readers are likely to inherit Kant’s elision of benefit with instrumental value, something that is regarded as a lowly and even morally worrisome form of worth. She gives reason to resist this identification. Kant...

..., then it is of instrumental value for her on account of its causal relations to her. More generally, when nature provides us with supporting, provisioning, or regulating ecosystem services, the means–end model gives a good account of the value the relevant service-providers have for us. The connections between the ecosystem...

.... dilemmas of trust value of trust interpersonal value dependence force multipliers instrumental value modernity reliance social dependence behaviour Day of the Triffids deceit exploitation guard labour intimidation manipulation motivation non trusting actions power stability of trust...

... instrumental value) but even more importantly leads to greater freedoms from violence and injustice (its intrinsic value). Governance is about the process of governing a society to provide its citizens such freedoms. Good governance essentially comprises four basic elements: predictability, transparency...