Thanks for asking this question, I falsely believed my conclusions were obvious. Looked a long time for a satisfying answer and found none. I don’t believe that the instrumental-terminal distinction is useful for human beings most of the time anymore, especially because we’re really prone to this.
The problem of the instrumental-terminal distinction is that it ignores important aspects of human decision making.
I recommend a paper titled Emerging sacred values: Iran’s nuclear program in the journal Judgment and Decision Making. It’s about the willingness of the Iranian to give up the right to a peaceful nuclear program.
It explain that human hold sacred as well as secular values. Sacred values aren’t only existing within religion. The Iranian belief in Iran’s right to a peaceful nuclear program also is a sacred value.
In Western culture a lot of people treat equality and democracy as sacred values.
Many people who self label as skeptics treat principles like the scientific method or the theory of evolution as sacred values.
Thanks for asking this question, I falsely believed my conclusions were obvious. Looked a long time for a satisfying answer and found none. I don’t believe that the instrumental-terminal distinction is useful for human beings most of the time anymore, especially because we’re really prone to this.
The problem of the instrumental-terminal distinction is that it ignores important aspects of human decision making.
I recommend a paper titled Emerging sacred values: Iran’s nuclear program in the journal Judgment and Decision Making. It’s about the willingness of the Iranian to give up the right to a peaceful nuclear program.
It explain that human hold sacred as well as secular values. Sacred values aren’t only existing within religion. The Iranian belief in Iran’s right to a peaceful nuclear program also is a sacred value.
In Western culture a lot of people treat equality and democracy as sacred values. Many people who self label as skeptics treat principles like the scientific method or the theory of evolution as sacred values.