While reading this, I got a thought, which maybe tangential to all said above, but still is a type of comment.
The thought is that there could be different types of answers to the question “what are human values”:
1) One is formal. What are correct types of presenting human values: words, utility functions, equations, choices.
2) Another is factual: what is actual human preferences of this person or general.
3) Third is procedural: what should I do to learn this person’s preferences.
4) Forth is philosophical: what are “human values” as a type of objects in ontological sense: moral facts, observations, approximations, predictive models, opinions, self-models, qualia, etc.
5) Last is neurological: how said values are preserved in the brain? What is the neurocorelate of value?
Also, what is axiological value of human values—why they are good at all? Are they end point or starting point, sin or blessing?
While reading this, I got a thought, which maybe tangential to all said above, but still is a type of comment.
The thought is that there could be different types of answers to the question “what are human values”:
1) One is formal. What are correct types of presenting human values: words, utility functions, equations, choices.
2) Another is factual: what is actual human preferences of this person or general.
3) Third is procedural: what should I do to learn this person’s preferences.
4) Forth is philosophical: what are “human values” as a type of objects in ontological sense: moral facts, observations, approximations, predictive models, opinions, self-models, qualia, etc.
5) Last is neurological: how said values are preserved in the brain? What is the neurocorelate of value?
Also, what is axiological value of human values—why they are good at all? Are they end point or starting point, sin or blessing?