The Subjective/Objective Distinction in Well-being

Philosophers often divide theories of well-being into “objective” and “subjective,” yet the precise nature of this divide is rarely clarified. Wall critiques existing ways of drawing the line and argues that rival accounts matter deeply, since they categorize theories differently and alter the force of classic arguments. He defends a new “Revised Euthyphronic View,” which marks subjectivism by the normative role it grants to warrantless attitudes in grounding well-being. This approach, Wall argues, best captures what is at stake in the objective/subjective debate and resists skeptical claims that the distinction is incoherent.