We should distinguish between a harmful state and a harmful event. A harmful state (sometimes called a harmed condition) is a state that it is […] Read More
Tag: Welfare
Consider the following example from Parfit’s Reasons and Persons: When I was young what I most wanted was to be a poet. This desire was […] Read More
I was browsing some of the blogs over at Experimental Philosophy the other day, and it got me thinking about something weird that has happened […] Read More
It seems that a life that gets progressively better (the Uphill Life or UHL) is often preferable to one that gets progressively worse (the Downhill […] Read More
Ben at OrangePhilosophy and Jonathan at Fake Barn Country have been discussing whether it’s more harmful to the victim if (1) a three-week-old baby is […] Read More
I’ve always been puzzled by the standard account of posthumous harm that we find in the literature. The standard account of posthumous harm—the one expounded […] Read More