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1.What does it mean to say that something is intrinsically good? 2.According to

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Question

1.What does it mean to say that something is intrinsically good?

2.According to the desire satisfaction theory, when is something intrinsically good for you?

3.Which theory of well-being would say that we all would have a better life in the experience machine?

4.How does Heathwood view the connection between a theory of well-being and a theory of morality?

5.What does Heathwood say about Ted Bundy and the argument that cases such as his present a problem for subjectivist theories of well-being?

6.What example does Heathwood use to argue that while desiring something makes it intrinsically good for you, it may also instrumentally bad for you if it frustrates other desires you have?

good only as a means

Explanation / Answer

Ans 1 : Good as an end

Something can be good intrinsically or instrumentally . If something is good instrumentally , it is dynamically efficient, but when something is good intrinsically , it has legimitate ends.