First Steps in an Axiology of Goals

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  • Dale Dorsey University of Kansas

Keywords:

goals, projects, axiology, lexical priority, wellbeing, well-being

Abstract

In this paper, I explore the relationship between human wellbeing and long-term goals and projects. Though it is by no means universal, many accept the claim that wellbeing is composed, at least in part, of the fulfillment of a person's long-term projects or goals. However, if we accept such a view, a number of puzzling questions arise. My main task in this paper is to answer two such questions. First: how much are such projects worth against more minor, short-term goods? Second: how much are such projects worth against themselves—in particular, how much do long-term projects matter for the worse-off in comparison to such projects for those who are better-off?

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Author Biography

Dale Dorsey, University of Kansas

Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas

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Published

2011-01-30

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