To head off a potential objection, this does assume that our values interact in an additive way.
...and this is an assumption of simplicity of value. That we can see individual “values” only reflects the vague way in which we can perceive our preference. Some “values” dictate the ways in which other “values” should play together, so there is no easy way out, no “additive” or “multiplicative” clean decomposition.
...and this is an assumption of simplicity of value. That we can see individual “values” only reflects the vague way in which we can perceive our preference. Some “values” dictate the ways in which other “values” should play together, so there is no easy way out, no “additive” or “multiplicative” clean decomposition.