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Consequentialism, Welfarism, and Meaning in Life

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2024

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Stevenson, Chad

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What, if anything, makes a life meaningful? Consequentialist theories about meaning in life maintain that the consequences of that life confer meaning upon it. This article advances one such theory: welfarism about meaning in life. According to this view, a life is conferred meaning if, and only if, and then only insofar as, it promotes or protects the well-being of other welfare subjects. The purpose of this article is to show why welfarism about meaning in life is the most plausible theory about meaning in life.

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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85205882258&partnerID=8YFLogxK
 https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733759131

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Pacific Philosophical Quarterly

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10.1111/papq.12474

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