You can’t zoom infinitely far in on the causal chain between values and actions, because values (and to a large extent actions) are abstractions that we use when modeling agents like ourselves. They are emergent. To talk about my values at all is to use a model of me where I use my models in a certain agenty way and you don’t sweat the details too hard.
You can’t zoom infinitely far in on the causal chain between values and actions, because values (and to a large extent actions) are abstractions that we use when modeling agents like ourselves. They are emergent. To talk about my values at all is to use a model of me where I use my models in a certain agenty way and you don’t sweat the details too hard.