instrumental value
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinstrumentalandvalue
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instrumental
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.təl/us/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.t̬əl/
formal
If someone or something is instrumental in a process, plan, or system, that person or thing is one of the most important influences in causing it ...
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value
noun
uk/ˈvæl.juː/us/ˈvæl.juː/
the amount of money that can be received ...
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(Definition ofinstrumentalandvaluefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We need to take into account theinstrumentalvalueof politicians' stated principles.
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There is also a deep-seated moral commitment underlying the aforementioned medical,instrumentalvalueof cultural competence.
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In the end, success was only possible when exiles had aninstrumentalvaluefor their hosts.
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The second tries to show that whatever freedom is compromised by the minimum wage is only ofinstrumentalvalue.
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Rights or freedoms can be justified because of theirinstrumentalvalue, that is, because of the value of the options they make available.
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This account not only explains how the dependent value of a choice process can be different from itsinstrumentalvalue.
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All other things have, at most,instrumentalvalueor disvalue based on the role they play in bringing about pleasurable or displeasurable mental states.
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Thus, the principle of equality is concerned with intrinsic value, that is, the value of equality apart from itsinstrumentalvaluefor welfare.
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However, it is important to remember that things can have, and usually do have, bothinstrumentalvalueand non-instrumentalvalue.
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Processes could have both independent andinstrumentalvalueat the same time.
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This insistence on intrinsic rather thaninstrumentalvalueis very refreshing.
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Such actions, they argue, merely haveinstrumentalvalue, insofar as they tend to promote individual well-being.
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One would place either no value or onlyinstrumentalvalueon involuntary sensual pleasures such as the warmth from a fire on a cold day.
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We should take this to mean that even such rights as are regarded as being "fundamental" often possessinstrumentalvalue.
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Similarly, their instrumental orientation will reveal how much they favor a language because of itsinstrumentalvalueand social status.
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