Ethics 124 (3):507-542 (2014)
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Philosophers concerned with what would be good for a person sometimes consider a person’s past desires. Indeed, some theorists have argued by appeal to past desires that it is in the best interests of certain dementia patients to die. I reject this conclusion. I consider three different ways one might appeal to a person’s past desires in arguing for conclusions about the good of such patients, finding flaws with each. Of the views I reject, the most interesting one is the view that prudential value is, at least partly, concerned with the shape of a life as a whole
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Keywords | well-being welfare prospective autonomy best interests beneficence dementia surrogate decision-making alzheimer's disease cognitive disability shape of a life |
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DOI | 10.1086/675365 |
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