tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post111336771695634044..comments2023-10-29T10:32:36.914-04:00Comments on Philosophy, et cetera: Methods for Analyzing Well-BeingRichard Y Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1150130293268444392006-06-12T12:38:00.000-04:002006-06-12T12:38:00.000-04:00I'm not really sure whether Kagan's life/person di...I'm not really sure whether Kagan's life/person distinction is to be taken so seriously, after all he only mentions it in a footnote.<BR/><BR/> I cannot see what philosophical work it can make. In general, I believe that Kagan spots a significant idea concerning our intuitions of personal well being, namely that it must be some way of being of someone. <BR/><BR/> I can see the force of this intuitions, but I believe that if they are right they only show, as Kagan seems to conclude, that well-being is a notion that has very little normative value. <BR/><BR/>It does not seem to me that translating Kagan's claims into claims about people or about lives changes anything. We evaluate a theory of well-being in terms of its normative consequences. And if we are forced to admit that well-being is something very different from what can play a certain role in ethical theories, then we just loose our interest in it.Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428042526366611882noreply@blogger.com