%0 Journal Article
%T First Steps in an Axiology of Goals
%A Dale Dorsey
%J International Journal of Wellbeing
%D 2011
%I International Journal of Wellbeing
%R 10.5502/ijw.v1i1.17
%X 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¡ªin particular, how much do long-term projects matter for the worse-off in comparison to such projects for those who are better-off?
%K goals
%K projects
%K axiology
%K lexical priority
%K wellbeing
%K well-being
%U http://www.internationaljournalofwellbeing.org/index.php/ijow/article/view/17