Economists have tended to assess choices by their contribution to a single good, often pleasure or preference-satisfaction. But in this talk, Thomas Hurka briefly defends a more pluralistic view of an individual's good, valuing in particular pleasure, knowledge, achievement, and moral virtue. He then discusses how the last three values, the perfectionist ones, can be relevant to social and political choices, for example about education, the free market, and social assistance.
This talk was given by Thomas Hurka at Oxford in 2013 as part of a conference on happiness and well-being.
#Philosophy #Ethics #Metaethics
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