A Series of Experiments 2: Well-Being
By: Barry Belmont

+ There is such a thing as human well-being and that there are definite ways to increase or decrease it.

+ We should act such that our actions produce a general increase in human well-being.

+ There is not only one way to achieve this goal, there are many correct answers.

+ The most parsimonious way to increase human well-being is to increase the overall liberty of everybody. In other words, “doing whatever you want so long as it doesn’t adversely affect others” is a good rule-of-thumb way to approach the world.

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  • Andrew H

    I'm nitpicking from my forest of trees, but what are you defining or claiming human well-being is?

  • Jacob K

    “There is such a thing as human well-being…”

    What defines a humans well-being? Happiness, health, wealth?

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