Semi-Rational Values: Opportunities and Obstacles in the Quest for Happiness
I've come to realize that our motivations for pursuing a particular value are often not exclusively rational or irrational.
I've written before about the fact that, if we’re to stand a chance of making the right decisions about which goals and values in our lives to pursue, we first need to determine whether or not our reasons for wanting them (the deeper values motivating them) are rational. In other words, we need to be able to confirm, based on evid…
