First Steps in an Axiology of Goals

Abstract

<span style="font-family: &quot;Palatino Linotype&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: &quot;Palatino Linotype&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.1pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Palatino Linotype&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">In this paper, I explore the relationship between human wellbeing and long-term goals and projects. Though it is by no means universal, many accept the claim that wellbeing is composed, at least in part, of the fulfillment of a person's long-term projects or goals. However, if we accept such a view, a number of puzzling questions arise. My main task in this paper is to answer two such questions. First: how much are such projects worth against more minor, short-term goods? Second: how much are such projects worth against themselves&mdash;in particular, how much do long-term projects matter for the worse-off in comparison to such projects for those who are better-off?</span></p></span></span>

Keywords

• goals, projects, axiology, lexical priority, wellbeing, well-being