section_path: Theories of the intrinsically good
section_name: Theories of the intrinsically good
paragraph_text: Theories of the intrinsically good
  
  A satisfying formulation of goodness is valuable because it might allow one to construct a good life or society by reliable processes of deduction, elaboration, or prioritization. One could answer the ancient question, "How should we then live?" among many other important related questions. It has long been thought that this question can best be answered by examining what it is that necessarily makes a thing valuable, or in what the source of value consists.