Most people don’t want to be wireheaded, and would reject it even if it were offered for free, but they’d still like it once subjected to it.
Ah, OK. And when you talk about “values”, you mean exclusively the things that control what we like, and not the things that control what we want.
Have I got that right?
That is correct. As I see it, wants aren’t important in themselves, only as far as they’re correlated with and indicate likes.
OK. Thanks for clarifying your position.
Ah, OK. And when you talk about “values”, you mean exclusively the things that control what we like, and not the things that control what we want.
Have I got that right?
That is correct. As I see it, wants aren’t important in themselves, only as far as they’re correlated with and indicate likes.
OK. Thanks for clarifying your position.