Chris Heathwood is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is a leading expert on well-being. He is most well-known for his rigorous, systematic defense of desire satisfactionism, the view that what’s good for people is (roughly) the satisfaction of their desires. This workshop focuses on new research related to well-being and desire, and includes talks by Chris Heathwood (UC Boulder), Simon Goldstein (HKU), James Fanciullo (Lingnan), and Nathaniel Sharadin (HKU).
All Desires Are Relevant to Well-Being
- James Fanciullo (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Lingnan University)
Aversion Frustration is Basically Prudentially Good
- Nathaniel Sharadin (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Hong Kong)
Moral Illusion And The Psychosemantics of Welfare
- Simon Goldstein (Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Hong Kong)
Is “desire” Relevant to Well-Being?
- Daniel Pallies (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Lingnan University)
Well-Being and Desire (Keynote)
- Chris Heathwood (Professor, University of Colorado Boulder)
