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Does Intrinsic Value Exist? (programming.dev)
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I’m new in this community. Anyone interested in engaging with these sorts of questions? If so, share your thoughts.

My initial inclination is that intrinsic value is an illusion.

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[–] thepiggz@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

I like this idea of life in general defining inherent value. What if we encountered an alien race that developed completely separate from us and we happened to view certain common things as having intrinsic value? Could we make a case that these concepts of intrinsic value truly exist?

Yet, if life itself were high on that list we might be a bit bias.