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Welfarism

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Welfarism is the axiological view that only wellbeing has intrinsic value.

Further reading

MacAskill, William & Darius Meissner (2020) ‘Welfarism’, in Elements and types of utilitarianism, Utilitarianism.

Crisp, Roger (2001) ‘Welfarism’, in Well-being, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, November 6 (updated 6 September 2017).

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