Ranked #1

The Certain Intrinsic Desirability of Pleasure
The Certain Intrinsic Desirability of Pleasure
I argue that intrinsically desiring to feel pleasure makes it certain that pleasure is intrinsically desirable for you, ... Read more
8 Jul 2013
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24mins
Ranked #2

Well-being in a Flux
Well-being in a Flux
Standard forms of desire-based theories of well-being claim that what is better for you is what you prefer. But how shal... Read more
25 Jul 2013
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28mins
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Well-Being for Autists: Some Conceptual and Methodological Issues
Well-Being for Autists: Some Conceptual and Methodological Issues
The aim of this paper is to provide some concrete guidelines for understanding and measuring the well-being of individua... Read more
8 Jul 2013
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35mins
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Benefitting Friends and Idealized Theories of Well-Being
Benefitting Friends and Idealized Theories of Well-Being
In this paper I give an overview of the kind of idealized theory I endorse and describe the conditions under which a per... Read more
8 Jul 2013
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32mins
Ranked #5

Past Desires and Well-being
Past Desires and Well-being
Some desires are conditional on their persistence and some are not. I aim to show that desire fulfilment theorists shoul... Read more
8 Jul 2013
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27mins