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Originally Posted by bns  Intrinsic_value_(ethics) Actually, his question makes no sense. "From where comes this value that comes from within?" The term "intrinsic value" suggests that it has value for its own sake, and then he asks for who's sake it has value. |
Actually, I am interested in how this "intrinsic value" was determined to exist. I also have an issue with the very concept of "intrinsic value", in that the term "value" implies a valuer, yet the term "intrinsic" implies that a valuer is unnecessary. It seems oxymoronic.