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Full Idea
It is a mistake to think pleasure is the only thing that is valuable for its own sake. It confuses final value with the intrinsic value of pleasure. (note: Intrinsic value is apart from any relationships or contexts).
Gist of Idea
Pleasure has an intrinsic (independent) value, but that is not a final (for its own sake) value
Source
Tom Cochrane (The Aesthetic Value of the World [2021], 0.2)
Book Ref
Cochrane,Tom: 'The Aesthetic Value of the World' [OUP 2021], p.2
A Reaction
Cochrane says the value of most pleasure is extrinsic (i.e. valued because of its connection to something else). Cochrane is defending aesthetic appreciation as a final value. Not sure his distinction is clear enough. But interesting. Hedonists disagree.