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Intrinsic and instrumental value
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Intrinsic value concerns value in itself; instrumental value concerns value as a means. Something can have both, and distinguishing them does not settle every conflict.
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Guided course · Module 14 · Lesson 84
What do we owe beyond the present human world?
Leopold, Rawls and Simpson give different reasons for obligations to land, to future generations and within particular relationships. The lesson keeps present needs, and the question of who has authority to decide, in view.