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Is Well-being Measurable after All?

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In Valuing Health, Dan Hausman argues that well-being is not measurable, at least not in the way that science and policy would require. His argument depends on a demanding conception of well-being and on a pessimistic verdict upon the existing measures of subjective well-being. Neither of these reasons, I argue, warrant as much skepticism as Hausman professes.

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5003 Philosophy, 50 Philosophy and Religious Studies, Clinical Research

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Public Health Ethics

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1754-9973
1754-9981

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10

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Oxford University Press (OUP)