pinyaka comments on On Terminal Goals and Virtue Ethics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pinyaka 19 June 2014 02:30:45PM 4 points [-]

I don't think that terminal goal means that it's the highest priority here, just that there is no particular reason to achieve it other than the experience of attaining that goal. So eating barbecue isn't about nutrition or socializing, it's just about eating barbecue.