The Value of Achievements

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dc.citation.firstpage204en_US
dc.citation.journalTitlePacific Philosophical Quarterlyen_US
dc.citation.lastpage224en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber94en_US
dc.contributor.authorBradford, Gwenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-14T21:19:55Zen_US
dc.date.available2014-02-14T21:19:55Zen_US
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractThis article gives an account of what makes achievements valuable. Although the natural thought is that achievements are valuable because of the product, such as a cure for cancer or a work of art, I argue that the value of the product of an achievement is not sufficient to account for its overall value. Rather, I argue that achievements are valuable in virtue of their difficulty. I propose a new perfectionist theory of value that acknowledges the will as a characteristic human capacity, and thus holds that the exercise of the will, and therefore difficulty, is intrinsically valuable.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBradford, Gwen. "The Value of Achievements." <i>Pacific Philosophical Quarterly,</i> 94, (2013) John Wiley & Sons Ltd: 204-224. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0114.2012.01452.x.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0114.2012.01452.xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/75474en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltden_US
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dc.titleThe Value of Achievementsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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