Terminal value (philosophy)

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Terminal value is a term employed in axiology, the study of quality or value. A terminal, or intrinsic value, is something that is fundamentally good, and is worth having for itself. Terminal values are distinguished from instrumental (or extrinsic) values, which are desired only because they help one get something else that is good.

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• Discussion of different types of values