Three rules of epistemology that should be taught at school: 1. Knowledge does not come from authority, but always from evidence, and evidence is very hard to get. The only tools to get evidence (including what it actually supports) are reason and scientific inquiry.
Yes, which is why we generally define values not as all of our preferences, but only as those that make us act in the absence of an expected reward.
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Why not just use a logical/rational definition to start with. I am talking about actual values here, not "preferences" Your so-called "definition" precludes values that may be sought either in the presence or absence of "expected reward" and also cases of delayed gratification.
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