Ethics and Values / Unit 7 Ethics 301 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Intrinsic and Instrumental Value
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The idea
A thing has instrumental value when it is good as a means to something else, and intrinsic value when it is good for its own sake.
In practice
A bus pass is good for the ride; an afternoon with your closest friend needs no further destination to justify it.
Your place on the trail
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