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Understanding Welfarism: Conceptual Refinements and their Significance for Prosperity
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Abstract
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| This dissertation aims to gain a better understanding of the concept ‘welfarism’ and to explore what this increased conceptual clarity can contribute to the theory and practice of prosperity. In its most general form, welfarism refers to the idea that individual well-being is the only thing that is ultimately and intrinsically valuable. However, definitions and characterisations of ‘welfarism’ vary widely between authors and disciplines. This dissertation sheds light on the conceptual muddle surrounding welfarism by analysing the various usages in the literature. It also zooms in on one of the potential benefits of this analysis: that it can help articulate more refined positions on the relation between well-being and prosperity. More specifically, steps are taken to develop a semi-welfarist example framework for thinking about prosperity. The wider significance of this research lies primarily in its contributions to pressing debates on what it means for a society to thrive, and in particular the relationship between prosperity and well-being. It supplies new conceptual tools that help refine such discussions and introduces innovative arguments about the value of well-being to the domain of social prosperity. Moreover, the framework developed here presents an intriguing and thought-provoking way of thinking about prosperity that has both intuitive and practical appeal. |
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Language
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English
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Source (book)
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Institute for Global Prosperity 2021-22 Master’s Dissertation Special Issue, Part 1 / Haqqani, N.; et al.
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Publication
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Londen
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UCL Institute for Global Prosperity
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2023
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ISBN
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978-1-913041-46-5
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p. 44-71
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