To extract out the terminal values we have to inspect this mishmash of valuable things, trying to figure out which ones are getting their value from somewhere else.
What if all the supposed “terminal values” are actually instrumental values from...some more terminal value? Sure “less violence” is more of a terminal value than “fewer guns,” but is there a still more terminal value? Less violence why?
More interesting follow-up: if that is the root, bottom, terminal value driving us humans, did it come from evolution, or is it simply a feature of conscious beings?
What if all the supposed “terminal values” are actually instrumental values from...some more terminal value? Sure “less violence” is more of a terminal value than “fewer guns,” but is there a still more terminal value? Less violence why?
My answer: Because I want to live in a world of happiness/flourishing. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/DJeBQrBSqFYqBaeQW/rock-bottom-terminal-value
Main question: am I right?
More interesting follow-up: if that is the root, bottom, terminal value driving us humans, did it come from evolution, or is it simply a feature of conscious beings?