A concrete view of intrinsic value

Journal of Value Inquiry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 531-536

  Tännsjö, Torbjörn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 0033475625     PISSN: 00225363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004619330737     Document Type: Review

References (9)

1. This objection has been raised by Michael Zimmerman in correspondence.
2. Cf. Principia Ethica (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1965), p. 187.
3. "The Intrinsic Value in Disjunctive States of Affairs", Noûs, Vol. 9, pp. 295-308. Recent contributions to this discussion include Erik Carlson, " The Intrinsic Value of Non-basic States of Affairs," Philosophical Studies, 1997; Sven Danielsson, "Harman's Equation and the Additivity of Intrinsic Value," in Lindahl, Needham and Sliwinski, eds., For Good Measure: Philosophical Essays dedicated to Jan Odelstad on the Occasion of his Fiftieth Birthday (Uppsala Philosophical Studies No. 46, Uppsala 1997); and Thomas Magnell, "Evaluations as Assessments, Part I: Properties and Their Signifiers," Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 27, No. 1, 1993, " Evaluations as Assessments, Part II: Distinguishing Assertions and Instancing Good of a Kind," Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 27, No. 2, 1993.
4. "The Intrinsic Value in Disjunctive States of Affairs", Noûs, Vol. 9, pp. 295-308. Recent contributions to this discussion include Erik Carlson, " The Intrinsic Value of Non-basic States of Affairs," Philosophical Studies, 1997; Sven Danielsson, "Harman's Equation and the Additivity of Intrinsic Value," in Lindahl, Needham and Sliwinski, eds., For Good Measure: Philosophical Essays dedicated to Jan Odelstad on the Occasion of his Fiftieth Birthday (Uppsala Philosophical Studies No. 46, Uppsala 1997); and Thomas Magnell, "Evaluations as Assessments, Part I: Properties and Their Signifiers," Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 27, No. 1, 1993, " Evaluations as Assessments, Part II: Distinguishing Assertions and Instancing Good of a Kind," Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 27, No. 2, 1993.
5. "The Intrinsic Value in Disjunctive States of Affairs", Noûs, Vol. 9, pp. 295-308. Recent contributions to this discussion include Erik Carlson, " The Intrinsic Value of Non-basic States of Affairs," Philosophical Studies, 1997; Sven Danielsson, "Harman's Equation and the Additivity of Intrinsic Value," in Lindahl, Needham and Sliwinski, eds., For Good Measure: Philosophical Essays dedicated to Jan Odelstad on the Occasion of his Fiftieth Birthday (Uppsala Philosophical Studies No. 46, Uppsala 1997); and Thomas Magnell, "Evaluations as Assessments, Part I: Properties and Their Signifiers," Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 27, No. 1, 1993, " Evaluations as Assessments, Part II: Distinguishing Assertions and Instancing Good of a Kind," Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 27, No. 2, 1993.
6. "The Intrinsic Value in Disjunctive States of Affairs", Noûs, Vol. 9, pp. 295-308. Recent contributions to this discussion include Erik Carlson, " The Intrinsic Value of Non-basic States of Affairs," Philosophical Studies, 1997; Sven Danielsson, "Harman's Equation and the Additivity of Intrinsic Value," in Lindahl, Needham and Sliwinski, eds., For Good Measure: Philosophical Essays dedicated to Jan Odelstad on the Occasion of his Fiftieth Birthday (Uppsala Philosophical Studies No. 46, Uppsala 1997); and Thomas Magnell, "Evaluations as Assessments, Part I: Properties and Their Signifiers," Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 27, No. 1, 1993, " Evaluations as Assessments, Part II: Distinguishing Assertions and Instancing Good of a Kind," Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 27, No. 2, 1993.
7. "The Intrinsic Value in Disjunctive States of Affairs", Noûs, Vol. 9, pp. 295-308. Recent contributions to this discussion include Erik Carlson, " The Intrinsic Value of Non-basic States of Affairs," Philosophical Studies, 1997; Sven Danielsson, "Harman's Equation and the Additivity of Intrinsic Value," in Lindahl, Needham and Sliwinski, eds., For Good Measure: Philosophical Essays dedicated to Jan Odelstad on the Occasion of his Fiftieth Birthday (Uppsala Philosophical Studies No. 46, Uppsala 1997); and Thomas Magnell, "Evaluations as Assessments, Part I: Properties and Their Signifiers," Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 27, No. 1, 1993, " Evaluations as Assessments, Part II: Distinguishing Assertions and Instancing Good of a Kind," Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 27, No. 2, 1993.
8. I defend this view in my recent book, Hedonistic Utilitarianism (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1998).
9. I thank Lars Bergström, Sven Danielsson, Thomas Magnell, Hans Mathlein and Michael J. Zimmerman for valuable comments.