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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / c. Objective value

18676	We should ask what we would judge to be good if it existed in absolute isolation [Moore,GE]
	Full Idea: It is necessary to consider what things are such that, if they existed by themselves, in absolute isolation, we should yet judge their existence to be good.
	From: G.E. Moore (Principia Ethica [1903], §112)
	A reaction: This is known as the 'isolation test'. The test has an instant appeal, but looks a bit odd after a little thought. The value of most things drains out of them if they are totally isolated. The MS of the Goldberg Variations floating in outer space?