On the subjectivity of welfare

Article Abstract:

An appropriate destination and appreciation between objective and subjective accounts of well-being is presented. Subjective theories of well-being are preferred over objective theories because of their decisive advantages. Objective theory fails to capture the subject-relativity of well-being relevant to the concept of welfare. Subjective theory, on the other hand, maps the polarity of welfare onto the polarity of attitudes which presupposes favorable outlook towards something.

Welfare, Public assistance, Subjectivity, Objectivity

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A question for egalitarians

Article Abstract:

Egalitarian policies hold that unjustifiable social inequalities must be counterbalanced by the redistribution and compensation of goods from the well off to the worse off as dictated by morality. However, such policy is absurd when the inequality under consideration is the difference in the life expectancy between men and women. Men who have shorter life expectancy are regarded as the worse off and women have to be deprived of primary goods in favor of men.

Ethical aspects, Equality, Sex differences (Biology), Life expectancy

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On the intrinsic value of pleasures

Article Abstract:

The intrinsic value of pleasure lies on its in-depth understanding and appreciation. A feeling is said to be pleasurable because the person who experiences that feeling apprehends it as desirable. A great number of philosophers support the 'hedonic thesis' which views pleasure as something intrinsically good. It is contended that the amount of intrinsic value in an experience is determined by the intensity of the desire to prolong such experience.

Pleasure, Hedonism

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