Intrinsic Value (ethics) - Quantity

Quantity

There may be zero, one, or several things in the world with intrinsic value.

  • Intrinsic nihilism, or simply nihilism (from Latin nihil "nothing") holds that there are zero.
  • Intrinsic aliquidism, or simply aliquidism (from Latin aliquid "something") holds that there is one or more. This may be of several quantities, ranging from one single to all possible.
    • Intrinsic monism (from Greek monos "single") holds that there is one thing with intrinsic value. This view may hold only lifestances that accept this object as intrinsically valuable.
    • Intrinsic multism (from Latin multus "many") holds that there are many things with intrinsic value. In other words, this view may hold the instrinsic values of several life stances as intrinsically valuable.
    • Intrinsic panism (from Greek pan "everything") is one step further. It is to everything in the world as having intrinsic value.

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