Title: What makes something valuable?
Headings: What makes something valuable?
What makes something valuable?
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Reply Wed 22 Jun, 2011 09:07 am
By "value" we seem stuck on the notion of MARKET value. There's that, obviously, but I prefer the notion of valuing something for its perceived "intrinsic" worth. For example, I like to say that Life, The Cosmos, Ultimate Reality, etc. are "divine", not for something objective about them but for the value I place on them. Value can be either personal, like that, or social as in the marketplace. Personal value: you can't buy love. Marketplace value: you can buy sex.