Intrinsic value may refer to:
Economics, finance, numismatics
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Intrinsic value (finance)
In finance, the intrinsic value of an asset or security is its ''value'' as calculated with regard to an inherent, objective measure.
A distinction, is re the asset's ''price'', which is determined ''relative'' to other similar assets.
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, of an option or stock
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Intrinsic theory of value
In early political economy, intrinsic or objective theories of value were a set of early theories of value holding that the value of an item is an objective property of the item itself. It has since been superseded in economics by the subjecti ...
, an economic theory of worth
Ethics and philosophy
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Intrinsic value (ethics)
In ethics, intrinsic value is a property of anything that is valuable on its own. Intrinsic value is in contrast to instrumental value (also known as extrinsic value), which is a property of anything that derives its value from a relation to an ...
, in ethics and philosophy
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Intrinsic value (animal ethics)
The intrinsic value of a human or any other sentient animal comes from within itself. It is the value it places on its own existence. Intrinsic value exists wherever there are beings that value themselves.
Intrinsic value is considered self-asc ...
, in philosophy
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Intrinsic value (axiology)
Value theory, also called ''axiology'', studies the nature, sources, and types of values. It is a branch of philosophy and an interdisciplinary field closely associated with social sciences such as economics, sociology, anthropology, and psychol ...
See also
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Instrumental and intrinsic value
In moral philosophy, instrumental and intrinsic value are the distinction between what is a ''means to an end'' and what is as an ''end in itself''. Things are deemed to have instrumental value (or extrinsic value) if they help one achieve a part ...
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Value (disambiguation)
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