This question <168|33> overall <169|172> Hans: <169|213>.  
  Question 65: How is Barbon's statement that nothing can have an intrinsic exchange-value related to Butler's statement that the worth of something consists in the amount of money for which it can be exchanged?   
  [170] Hans: A person who has lots of money must be good.   Fred's [168] is a good and necessary contribution to the exam preparation. The earlier answer [33] used the wrong Barbon quote, therefore we know it is wrong. But what is the right answer? I think Fred got it. According to the Barbon quote, all value is relative. According to the Butler quote, intrinsic values exist, but people do not use them as their guideline but they use relative values. E.g., women do not choose a husband by character strength (intrinsic) but by income (relative). And in order not to see that they are doing this, they confound the two concepts and say that intrinsic and relative value are one and the same thing.   
 
 
 
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