Preferentism and the Paradox of Desire

The basic idea behind actualist preferentism is that getting what one wants makes one's life go better. A recent objection to preferentism is the "paradox of desire." In a nutshell, this objection goes like this. I can certainly desire to be badly off. But if a desire-satisfaction the...

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Main Author: Skow, Bradford (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Southern California, 2010-04-16T14:52:53Z.
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