If two pleasures of equal intensity differ in value due to the activity through which they are experienced, the activity contributes intrinsic evaluative weight beyond its causal role.

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Instrumental value / Causal role(ethics): Worth that comes from what something helps you achieve or causes to happen. A hammer has instrumental value because it helps you build things; the statement contrasts this with intrinsic value.
Intensity (in context of pleasure)(ethics): How strong or powerful a pleasure feels in the moment—like the difference between a mild enjoyment and an overwhelming joy.
Intrinsic evaluative weight(ethics): The amount of importance or value something contributes to a situation on its own terms, separate from any effects it creates. Think of it as how much it 'counts' morally or in terms of what makes life good.
intrinsic value(Callicott (1980) in contrast to individualistic environmental ethics): Value possessed in and of itself, not derived from contribution to something else; in Callicott's holism, attributed exclusively to the biotic community as a whole rather than to individual organisms

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