Welfare, Happiness, and Ethics
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Product details:
- Publisher Clarendon Press
- Date of Publication 25 February 1999
- ISBN 9780198238782
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages251 pages
- Size 216x138x15 mm
- Weight 313 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Wayne Sumner presents an original theory of the nature and philosophical importance of welfare or well-being. He argues, against currently dominant views, that welfare is closely connected to happiness or life satisfaction, and that it is the only basic value for ethics.
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Moral philosophers agree that welfare matters. But they do not agree about what it is, or how much it matters. Wayne Sumner presents an original theory of welfare, investigating its nature and discussing its importance. He considers and rejects all notable rival theories, both objective and subjective, including hedonism and theories founded on desire or preference. His own theory connects welfare closely with happiness or life satisfaction.
Professor Sumner then proceeds to defend welfarism, that is, to argue (against the value pluralism that currently dominates moral philosophy) that welfare is the only basic ethical value, the only thing which we have a moral reason to promote for its own sake. He concludes by discussing the implications of this thesis for ethical and political theory.
Very helpful footnotes and an extensive bibliography. Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students and faculty in philosophy will find this volume of special interest.
Table of Contents:
1. The Concept of Welfare; 2. Welfare and Subjectivity; 3. Objective Theories; 4. Hedonism; 5. The Desire Theory; 6. Welfare and Happiness; 7. Welfarism; Bibliography; Index.
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