In my opinion, if you think you have a value over a state of the external world, this is probably a case where you’ve misunderstood what your values are.
I value placing value in the external world. I think that having “value” as a synonym for “motivation”, “pleasure”, “wanting” etc. is not valuable. In my conception, values are not biological givens, but are constructions, empirically grounded in “pleasure”, “wanting”, “what is awesome” and “what works”.
I value placing value in the external world. I think that having “value” as a synonym for “motivation”, “pleasure”, “wanting” etc. is not valuable. In my conception, values are not biological givens, but are constructions, empirically grounded in “pleasure”, “wanting”, “what is awesome” and “what works”.