“Preference” might be better in connotation, although equivalent in denotation. People outside of Less Wrong tend to think of the utility of a clean house as more of a ‘preference’ and the utility of a human life as more of a ‘value’.
“Preference” might be better in connotation, although equivalent in denotation. People outside of Less Wrong tend to think of the utility of a clean house as more of a ‘preference’ and the utility of a human life as more of a ‘value’.