Nothing has intrinsic value except life because it sustains itself through natural selection. Objects are just their material elements. Values and uses are applied to them. Values and uses become 'intrinsic ' in that way but in fact they are not intrinsic, but extrinsic. I do agree that our society does conflate what are erroneously called intrinsic values (that are really extrinsic and applied honorific values) and market values. Market values are not the only extrinsic values for objects. wc
----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, January 7, 2012 3:47:15 AM Subject: "...This is the sad state of art in a capitalist society, where nothing is appreciated separately from its market value. And where the market value of something has nothing to do with intrinsic value, only what the market will bear." "...This is the sad state of art in a capitalist society, where nothing is appreciated separately from its market value. And where the market value of something has nothing to do with intrinsic value, only what the market will bear." http://satoristephen.com/2011/12/03/what-is-art-in-a-market-economy/
