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Overall Lifelong Fortune: A Critique of the Intrinsic Potential Account

Author(s) -

Smolkin Doran

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of applied philosophy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.339

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 1468-5930

pISSN - 0264-3758

DOI - 10.1111/japp.12232

Subject(s) - counterexample , norm (philosophy) , epistemology , human life , philosophy , law and economics , sociology , theology , mathematics , humanity , discrete mathematics

It seems clear that a fortunate life for a human being is very different from a fortunate life for a dog. But it is not clear what the appropriate measure is for determining whether a life is fortunate or not. Jeff McMahan rejects the Species Norm Account and defends the Intrinsic Potential Account of overall lifelong fortune. In this article, I argue that the Intrinsic Potential Account fails. More specifically, I will argue that it is vulnerable to numerous counterexamples; fails for the same basic reason that McMahan rejects the Species Norm Account; and is insensitive to a consideration that is morally significant.

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