The Shape of a Life and Desire Satisfaction

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ID8105230
AuthorsDonald W Bruckner (0000-0001-9336-4003, Department of Philosophy Penn State University New Kensington, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume100
Issue2
Pages661-680
Publication date2018-07-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePacific philosophical quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0279-0750 • E-ISSN: 1468-0114
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/papq.12240
OpenAlexW2883897412
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited17

It is widely accepted by philosophers of well‐being that the shape or narrative structure of a life is a significant determinant of its overall welfare value. Most arguments for this thesis posit agent‐independent value in certain life shapes. The desire theory of well‐being, I argue, has all of the resources needed to account for the value that many philosophers have identified in lives with certain shapes. The theory denies that there is any agent‐independent value in shapes and, indeed, allows that there can be both agent‐dependent value and agent‐dependent dis value in the shapes commonly claimed to hold agent‐independent value

Economics · Epistemology · Life satisfaction · Microeconomics · Narrative · Political science · Positive economics · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Value of life · Welfare · Computer Science · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Law · Philosophy · Social Psychology

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