Not Living My Best Life: A Reply to Masny

Guy Fletcher

doi:https://doi.org/10.26556/jesp.v28i1.3202

Volume 28, Number 1
July 2024

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Not Living My Best Life: A Reply to Masny

Volume 28, Number 1, July 2024, Pages 141–150

https://doi.org/10.26556/jesp.v28i1.3202

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Abstract

In a recent paper, Michal Masny put forward a novel, interesting, theory of the goodness of a life: the Dual Theory. As Masny’s discussion demonstrates, the Dual Theory, if true, would have very significant implications for various issues related to the goodness of lives and for normative ethics. It is thus worthy of serious attention. In this paper, I first explain the Dual Theory and the motivation Masny provides for it. I then aim to show three general problems for the view.

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