{"id":157,"date":"2015-02-14T13:58:01","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T12:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalwelfaresolutions.net\/blog\/?p=157"},"modified":"2015-03-08T14:36:48","modified_gmt":"2015-03-08T13:36:48","slug":"values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalwelfaresolutions.net\/blog\/values\/","title":{"rendered":"Values"},"content":{"rendered":"

What are values?
\nAre virtues values?
\nWhat about duties?
\nNeeds?
\nAnd resources?<\/p>\n

Do you value human life?
\nThe lives of animals?
\nPlants?
\nBugs?
\nViruses?<\/p>\n

Do you value imaginary lives?
\nExtra-terrestrial life perhaps?
\nDo you value virtual life?
\nAre values virtual?<\/p>\n

Do you value death?
\nWhat about a good death?
\nEu-thanasia?
\nDying for a cause?<\/p>\n

Do all values have a magnitude?
\nAnd how is it quantified?<\/p>\n

Is all value worth money?
\nAnd all money value?
\nIs there a common value denominator?<\/p>\n

Are some values more valuable than others?
\nIs there a Maslowian pyramid?
\nBasic values at the bottom
\nEsoteric, philosophic ones on top?
\nOr instrumental ones down under
\nand intrinsic ones above?
\nInherent or intrinsic
\nAesthetic, moral or monetary?<\/p>\n

What about conflict?
\nIs there a pecking-order among values?
\nIs more value always better than less?<\/p>\n

And what is it that creates value?
\nWe humans?
\nWhat about animal values?
\nAnd values for plant?<\/p>\n

Can we fundamentally value the wrong things?
\nValue what is not of value?
\nOr does anything become of value only because it is valued?
\nCan there be anything of value left if there is nobody left to value?<\/p>\n

Value all that values
\nValue more
\nValue all values
\nEven value what is not valued
\nBecause valuation generates value
\nValue everything
\nEven nothing<\/p>\n

Added value<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Book<\/a>\"Book<\/p>\n

\"Book<\/a>\"Book<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What are values? Are virtues values? What about duties? Needs? And resources? Do you value human life? The lives of animals? Plants? Bugs? Viruses? Do you value imaginary lives? Extra-terrestrial life perhaps? Do you value virtual life? Are values virtual? Do you value death? What about a good death? Eu-thanasia? Dying for a cause? Do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,19,22,41,7],"tags":[26,18,12,11,23,34,40,37,13,39,53],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advice","category-analysis","category-emotion","category-philosophy","category-poem","tag-affect","tag-analysis","tag-compassion","tag-emotion","tag-feelings","tag-humans","tag-life","tag-perception","tag-prescription","tag-questions","tag-utility"],"yoast_head":"\nValues - Reflections<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wonderings about values, including the value of life, the value of money, the value pyramid and the value of everything and nothing.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/animalwelfaresolutions.net\/blog\/values\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Values - 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