The Struggle Man's Argument for a Theory of Subjective Well-Being

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I'm so opposed to the just whole the whole idea behind it like that there is going to be a theory You know of necessary and sufficient conditions that can capture every Instance. So why don't you take Val to task right now about trying to develop a theory of subjective well-being Right now pressures on put your money where your mouth is all right But let's talk about it and then by the end I'll tell you the difference but in a way, I think the analytic method is being straw man here.

Special guest Valerie Tiberius joins us to talk about values, well-being, and friendship. What role should reflection play in the good life? What about emotion? How can we make our values more consistent and sustainable? Do we know our friends better than we know ourselves? Plus, are philosophers experts? Experts of what? What are the boundaries of our discipline? And what motivates a gay Mormon to stay in the Church? In the first segment, David and Tamler list a few things they're grateful for on Thanksgiving, including you, the listeners (awwwwww...)

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National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation [wikipedia.org]
Valerie Tiberius personal website [sites.google.com]
Tiberius, V. (2012) Cell Phones, iPods, and Subjective Well-Being. In Brey, P., A. Briggle & E. Spence (Eds.). The good life in a technological age. Routledge. [verybadwizards.com]
Desire theories of well-being ( from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Well-Being) [plato.stanford.edu]

Special Guest: Valerie Tiberius.

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