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intrinsic values

intrinsic values is the plural of intrinsic value.

Meaning of intrinsic value

Noun

intrinsic value (countable and uncountable, plural intrinsic values)

  1. The real value of something, calculated with regard to an inherent, objective measure, which may not take into account its market value or face value.
  2. Non-relational or non-instrumental value, or the value something has in itself, for its own sake, or as such.
    • Let me start then, by distinguishing two concepts of intrinsic value. On the one hand, we have the notion of the value that an object has independently of all other objects— the value that an object has in itself. Philosophers sometimes try to get at this kind of value by suggesting that it is the...1998, Shelly Kagan, “Rethinking Intrinsic Value”, in The Journal of Ethics, volume 2, number 4, pages 277–297

Questions about intrinsic values

What is intrinsic values the plural of?
Intrinsic values is the plural of intrinsic value.

Words near intrinsic values in the dictionary

  1. intrinsic semiconductor
  2. intrinsic semiconductors
  3. intrinsic tracer
  4. intrinsic tracers
  5. intrinsic value
  6. intrinsic values
  7. intrinsical
  8. intrinsicalities
  9. intrinsicality
  10. intrinsically
  11. intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell

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