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Originally Posted by elphenor
there's a term for this, although I don't remember it
but I lean towards some concepts inherently having value
Freedom, Truth, Justice etc
they are not justified by their outcomes, they're justified by some notion of righteousness whether it's learned or biological
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that's just what I was talking about I think. Those notions of righteousness are ultimately based on the idea that they lead to a good outcome, and that idea gets generalised by assigning those values to concepts like freedom. Then you don't even realise where it originally came from, but you have a concept like freedom that you can apply easier than 'gee let's weigh all possible outcomes of this decision'