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Jul 2013
27m 28s

Past Desires and Well-being

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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Some desires are conditional on their persistence and some are not. I aim to show that desire fulfilment theorists should reject the view that fulfilment of some of a person's past desires for the present contribute to her well-being. Some desires are conditional on their persistence and some are not. Call the former 'Pconditional desires' and the latter 'P- ... Show More
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