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[filed under theme 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / a. Nature of value
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Full Idea
If a certain object is valuable, then something other than its being valuable must make it so. ...One is always in principle entitled to an answer as to why it is good or bad.
Gist of Idea
Things are only valuable if something makes it valuable, and we can ask for the reason
Source
Francesco Orsi (Value Theory [2015], 5.2)
Book Ref
Orsi,Francesco: 'Value Theory' [Bloomsbury 2015], p.81
A Reaction
What Orsi calls the 'chemistry' of value. I am inclined to think that this is the key to a philosophical study of value. Without this assumption the values float free, and we drift into idealised waffle. Note that here he only refers to 'objects'.
The
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from 'Value Theory'
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Value-maker concepts (such as courageous or elegant) simultaneously describe and evaluate
[Orsi]
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18667
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The '-able' concepts (like enviable) say this thing deserves a particular response
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18672
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Values from reasons has the 'wrong kind of reason' problem - admiration arising from fear
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18668
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Truths about value entail normative truths about actions or attitudes
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18670
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The Buck-Passing view of normative values says other properties are reasons for the value
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18669
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Values can be normative in the Fitting Attitude account, where 'good' means fitting favouring
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18677
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A thing may have final value, which is still derived from other values, or from relations
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18680
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To avoid misunderstandings supervenience is often expressed negatively: no A-change without B-change
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18679
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Things are only valuable if something makes it valuable, and we can ask for the reason
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18682
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A complex value is not just the sum of the values of the parts
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18683
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Trichotomy Thesis: comparable values must be better, worse or the same
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18684
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Rather than requiring an action, a reason may 'entice' us, or be 'eligible', or 'justify' it
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18685
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Final value is favoured for its own sake, and personal value for someone's sake
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18686
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The Fitting Attitude view says values are fitting or reasonable, and values are just byproducts
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