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SUMMARY:What is so good about being happy?
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LOCATION:The University of Melbourne\, Parkville\, Australia\, 3010
DESCRIPTION:Happiness and well-being have both played a rich role in the history of value theory and ethics.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;According to prominent versions of utilitarianism happiness and/or well-being is that which we have a moral&nbsp\;obligation to promote or even maximize. &nbsp\;Despite the centrality of the two concepts there is no general consensus about&nbsp\;what either happiness or well-being consists it\, or exactly what the relationship between them is. &nbsp\;I take&nbsp\;my cue from a broadly Meinongian theory of emotions as mental states that involve presentations of&nbsp\;value. &nbsp\;This theory yields a rather natural account of the concept of happiness and its relation to well-being.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;The account also yields an answer to the question that is the title of this talk. &nbsp\;However\, the answer may&nbsp\;come as a surprise to some. &nbsp\;It turns out that happiness is not an intrinsically good thing\, and\, even if&nbsp\;consequentialism is correct\, we have no obligation to pursue it or promote it\, let alone to maximize it.\n&nbsp\;
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