Problems for Perfectionism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8088085 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gwen Bradford (0000-0003-3701-7044, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 344-364 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Utilitas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0953-8208 • E-ISSN: 1741-6183 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0953820816000418 |
| OpenAlex | W2567692800 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 11 |
Perfectionism, the view that well-being is a matter of developing characteristically human capacities, has relatively few defenders in the literature, but plenty of critics. This article defends perfectionism against some recent formulations of classic objections, namely, the objection that perfectionism ignores the relevance of pleasure or preference for well-being, and a sophisticated version of the ‘wrong properties’ objection, according to which the intuitive plausibility of the perfectionist ideal is threatened by an absence of theoretical pressure to accept putative wrong properties cases. The article argues that these objections are unsuccessful, but introduce a new worry, the deep problem : perfectionism fails to offer a satisfying foundational justification for why developing the human essence is valuable. The article responds to the deep problem, ultimately arguing that it is a puzzle put to all theories of well-being to provide a justification for their normative significance
Anxiety · Economics · Epistemology · Ideal (ethics · Normative · Perfectionism (psychology · Pleasure · Political science · Positive economics · Preference · Psychotherapist · Relevance (law · Worry · Free Will and Agency · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Law · Philosophy · Social Psychology
A Perfectionist Theory of Justice
Epistemic Welfare Bads and Other Failures of Reason
Perfection and Success
Prudential Perfectionism
Adaptation and illness severity
Perfectionism and dignity
Mary Midgley’s meta-ethics and Neo-Aristotelian naturalism
Do It Yourself Content and the Wisdom of the Crowds
Bowling alone in the autonomous vehicle
Teaching and Studying Literature in Dark Times
Perfectionist public space
A Thomistic Solution to the Deep Problem for Perfectionism
Finding Pleasure and Satisfaction in Perfectionism
The privation theory of evil and the evil-God challenge
Once more, without feeling
The Failure of Roy Bhaskar's Explanatory Critique
Well-being, part 2
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |