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What is intrinsic value in ethics?
A property of anything that is valuable on its own
What is instrumental value in contrast to intrinsic value?
Derives its value from a relation to another intrinsically valuable thing
Which branch of philosophy studies value, including ethics and aesthetics?
Axiology
What does a virtue ethicist consider to have intrinsic value?
Eudaimonia (human flourishing)
According to Kantian terminology, what can an object with intrinsic value be regarded as?
An end-in-itself
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