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Comment author: [deleted] 01 February 2012 02:27:17AM 0 points [-]

Where it gets confusing is that this means that these values are uniquely conducive to our brain's rationalization generating engine.. Your brain, when asked why you are trying to achieve justice, could either spit out "to deter bad behavior" or "because I desire justice" and both would be true. Hence the initial confusion over whether these values/biases wee terminal or instrumental.

Yes, well said.