Ethics and Values / Unit 7 Ethics 305 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Values vs. Preferences
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The idea
A preference is what you happen to want; a value is what you endorse wanting on reflection — values are the standards preferences answer to.
In practice
A juror prefers to be home by five and values verdicts reached honestly. When the two collide at 4:50, she knows which is which.
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