My values being differently expressed seems very important, though. If I feel as if I value the welfare of distant people, but I stop taking actions in line with that (e.g. making donations to global poverty charities), do I still value it to the same extent?
That said, my example wasn’t about external behaviour changes, so you probably weren’t responding with that in mind.
I’ve inarguably experienced drift in the legibility of my values to myself, since I no longer have the same emotional signal for them. I find the the term “Value Drift” a useful shorthand for that, but it sounds like you find it makes things unclear?
My values being differently expressed seems very important, though. If I feel as if I value the welfare of distant people, but I stop taking actions in line with that (e.g. making donations to global poverty charities), do I still value it to the same extent?
Right, it sounds to me like you identify with your values in some way, like you wouldn’t consider yourself to still be yourself if they were different. That confuses things because now there’s this extra thing going on that feels causally relevant but isn’t, but I’m not sure I can hope to convince you in a short comment that you are not your values, even if your values are (temporarily) you.
My values being differently expressed seems very important, though. If I feel as if I value the welfare of distant people, but I stop taking actions in line with that (e.g. making donations to global poverty charities), do I still value it to the same extent?
That said, my example wasn’t about external behaviour changes, so you probably weren’t responding with that in mind.
I’ve inarguably experienced drift in the legibility of my values to myself, since I no longer have the same emotional signal for them. I find the the term “Value Drift” a useful shorthand for that, but it sounds like you find it makes things unclear?
Right, it sounds to me like you identify with your values in some way, like you wouldn’t consider yourself to still be yourself if they were different. That confuses things because now there’s this extra thing going on that feels causally relevant but isn’t, but I’m not sure I can hope to convince you in a short comment that you are not your values, even if your values are (temporarily) you.