A theory of wellbeing contributes to explaining whether this or that state of affairs is a benefit or harm to a particular subject. A natural […] Read More
Author: nicolehassoun
There is surprisingly little discussion about pain’s badness in the philosophical literature. One might think that it falls naturally out of any of the various […] Read More
Think of the most recent remarkable experience you’ve had. Perhaps it was reading an engrossing novel that opened your eyes to a new depth of […] Read More
Steve Wall and I have been thinking together about what the best theory of well-being that claims that loving the (prudentially) good is itself (prudentially) […] Read More
What do we owe to others as a basic minimum? Having such an account may inform theories of global justice, basic needs, or human rights […] Read More
Think about Belle from Beauty and the Beast. She is a smart, ambitious, independent young woman who trades her freedom for her father’s and over […] Read More
Most contemporary work on well-being assumes that individuals have several different kinds of well-being: Momentary well-being—i.e., well-being at a particular point in time. Periodic well-being—i.e., […] Read More