The passing of temporal well-being

by Bramble, Ben

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Full title :The passing of temporal well-being / Ben Bramble.

Summary

"The philosophical study of well-being concerns what makes lives good for their subjects. It is now standard among philosophers to distinguish between two kinds of well-being:· lifetime well-being, i.e., how good a person's life was for him or her considered as a whole, and· temporal well-being, i.e., how well off someone was, or how they fared, at a particular moment in time (momentary well-being) or over a period of time longer than a moment but shorter than a whole life, say, a day, month, year, or chapter of a life (periodic well-being). Many theories have been offered of each of these kinds of well-being. A common view is that lifetime well-being is in some way constructed out of temporal well-being. This book argues that much of this literature is premised on a mistake. Lifetime well-being cannot be constructed out of temporal well-being, because there is no such thing as temporal well-being. The only genuine kind of well-being is lifetime well-being. The Passing of Temporal Well-Being will prove essential reading for professional philosophers, especially in moral and political philosophy. It will also be of interest to welfare economists and policy-makers who appeal to well-being"--Provided by publisher

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2018

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2018

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Description:1 online resource (viii, 62 pages)

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ISBN:9781315213385, 1315213389, 9781351818421, 1351818422, 9781351818438, 1351818430, 9781351818414, 1351818414
oclc:on1028747372
LC Classification:BD435
Dewey Decimal:128

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The thesis; 1.2 My target; 2 The Normative Significance Argument; 2.1 The argument; 2.2 Arguments for SSLW; 2.3 Objections to SSLW; 2.4 An objection to SNOG; 2.5 The composition objection; 3 The No Credible Theory Argument; 3.1 The argument; 3.2 Hedonism; 3.3 Objective-list theories; 3.4 Desire-based theories; 4 Six objections; 4.1 The construction objection; 4.2 The value for us of events; 4.3 The meaningless concept objection; 4.4 The ubiquity objection; 4.5 The vindication objection; 4.6 A life worth living.

5 Conclusion and implications; 5.1 Wasted theorising; 5.2 Childhood well-being; 5.3 Public policy; 5.4 National prosperity; 5.5 Dangers of believing in temporal well-being; 5.6 QALYS versus WELBYS/WALYS; 5.7 The final word; Index.