Making and Finding Values in Nature: From a Humean Point of ViewFootnote1

1. Thanks are due to Annette Baier, Charles Pigden, Robert Young, Tim Oakley, and Edwin Coleman for their comments on earlier versions of this article, and to the Philosophy Program of La Trobe University for their support for the production of this article. As always, I give special thanks to Andrew Brennan.

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