Intrinsic value and the supervenience principle |
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Authors: | Dale Dorsey |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Philosophy, University of Kansas, 1445 Jayhawk Boulevard, Wescoe Hall, rm. 3090, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA |
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Abstract: | An important constraint on the nature of intrinsic value---the “Supervenience Principle” (SP)---holds that some object, event, or state of affairs ϕ is intrinsically valuable only if the value of ϕ supervenes entirely on ϕ's intrinsic properties. In this paper, I argue that SP should be rejected. SP is inordinately restrictive. In particular, I argue that no SP-respecting conception of intrinsic value can accept the importance of psychological resonance, or the positive endorsement of persons, in explaining value. |
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