Real desires and well-being

Philosophical Issues 19 (1):148-165 (2009)
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‘Simple desire-based accounts’ of individual good or well-being identify an individual’s good with the satisfaction of their actual desires. I will defend one version.

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10.1111/j.1533-6077.2009.00163.x

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reprint Mendola, Joseph (2009) "Real desires and well-being". In Sosa, Ernest, Villanueva, Enrique, Metaethics, pp. : Wiley Periodicals (2009)

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Joseph Mendola
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The problem of defective desires.Chris Heathwood - 2005 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 83 (4):487 – 504.
Hypothetical motivation.Donald C. Hubin - 1996 - Noûs 30 (1):31-54.
The two senses of desire.Wayne A. Davis - 1984 - Philosophical Studies 45 (2):181-195.

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