The Nature of Intrinsic Value

Download or read book The Nature of Intrinsic Value written by Michael J. Zimmerman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zimmerman (philosophy, U. of N. Carolina, Greensboro) utilizes G. E. Moore's Principia Ethica as a springboard to investigate some of the issues raised in Moore's writing in relation to intrinsic value. The discussion includes what it means for something to be valuable for its own sake, what sort of thing can have intrinsic value, and how such a value can be computed. The author concludes with an analysis of what kinds of states have intrinsic value, and what intrinsic value they have, with a focus on several specific states--pleasure, pain, displeasure, moral virtue, and vice. c. Book News Inc.