I do things my way because I want to display my independence (not doing what others tell me) and intelligence (ability to come up with novel solutions), and because I would feel bored otherwise (this is a feature of how my brain works, I can’t help it).
“I feel independent and intelligent”, “other people see me as independent and intelligent”, “I feel bored” are all perfectly regular outcomes. They can be either terminal or instrumental goals. Either way, I disagree that these cases somehow don’t fit in the usual preference model. You’re only having this problem because you’re interpreting “outcome” in a very narrow way.
I do things my way because I want to display my independence (not doing what others tell me) and intelligence (ability to come up with novel solutions), and because I would feel bored otherwise (this is a feature of how my brain works, I can’t help it).
“I feel independent and intelligent”, “other people see me as independent and intelligent”, “I feel bored” are all perfectly regular outcomes. They can be either terminal or instrumental goals. Either way, I disagree that these cases somehow don’t fit in the usual preference model. You’re only having this problem because you’re interpreting “outcome” in a very narrow way.