 If non-obtaining states of affairs can have intrinsic value, this argument does not get off the ground. Rabinowicz and Rønnow-Rasmussen (2000, 401f) outline considerations that support the view that some non-obtaining states of affairs are intrinsically good (bad). We value (love/like) the state of affairs of everyone’s being happy. For example, although you know that this state of affairs does not and probably will never obtain, you like it and like it more than the obtaining states of affairs. The question at issue between the fact and the state of affairs view of intrinsic value is whether a state of affairs is good (bad) because worlds in which it obtains are good (bad) or whether worlds in which the state of affairs obtains are good (bad) because the state of affairs is good (bad).