Welfarism
This chapter defends welfarism: the thesis that individual welfare (so understood) is the only thing with final or ultimate ethical value, the only state of affairs which we have a moral reason to promote for its own sake. It concludes with some speculative remarks about the possible impact of welfarism on ethical and political theory.
Keywords: welfarism, welfare theory, pluralism, welfare ethics, politics
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