(January 27, 2018 at 12:18 pm)SteveII Wrote: ...
Value is subjective
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Yup. Specifically it's a combination of Preferences, Perceptions and Outcomes.
The abilities to discern and perceive and the desire for outcomes could be said to be intrinsic.
(January 27, 2018 at 12:18 pm)SteveII Wrote: ...
Then tell me, at what exact point in evolutionary history did we move from the law of survival of the fittest to that of having intrinsic value that supersede the process that got us to that point
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At no point. It didn't happen.
(January 27, 2018 at 12:18 pm)SteveII Wrote: ...
HOW exactly did that work?
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It didn't.
(January 27, 2018 at 12:18 pm)SteveII Wrote: ...
It sure seems that by definition, you cannot evolve intrinsic value.
Correct because there's no such thing.
(January 28, 2018 at 9:54 am)SteveII Wrote: ...
What separates us from any other organism in this question of value?
Nothing. But it could be argued that we have smarter software.
The PURPOSE of life is to replicate our DNA ................. (from Darwin)
The MEANING of life is the experience of living ... (from Frank Herbert)
The VALUE of life is the legacy we leave behind ..... (from observation)
The MEANING of life is the experience of living ... (from Frank Herbert)
The VALUE of life is the legacy we leave behind ..... (from observation)