Topic: “When do unhealthy states harm the one who is unhealthy?"
When
12:30 to 3:40 p.m., Nov. 15, 2018
Where
The Kendrick Room, Social Sciences 128
What is the relation between health and well-being? While healthy states may possess intrinsic and instrumental value for the subject in such states, the relation between health and well-being also appears to be a contingent one. If that is correct, then the following question arises: when do unhealthy states harm the one in that state? This talk introduces a new counter-factual account of the harmfulness of unhealthy states.