EVALUATION OF DESIRE THEORIES ABOUT PERSONAL GOOD

Abstract

What is the main thing that makes a life good or bad for a person living it? This is the personal good question. There are three basic theories in the history of philosophy regarding this question: Hedonistic theories, desire theories and objective list theories. The purpose of this study is to examine and evaluate desire theories. For this purpose, first, other theories about personal good will be examined. After that, the history of the desire theories, their claims and arguments in their favor will be briefly mentioned. Finally, the claims of the versions of these theories and the basic arguments against them will be evaluated. As a result of this evaluation, it will be claimed that desire theories are not reasonable enough.

Keywords

• personal good,well-being,desire theories,unrestricted desire theory,restricted desire theory,informed desire theory

KİŞİSEL İYİYLE İLGİLİ ARZU TEORİLERİNİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Öz

Onu yaşayan bir kişi için bir hayatı iyi ya da kötü yapan ana şey nedir? Bu kişisel iyi sorusudur. Bu soruyla ilgili felsefe tarihinde üç temel teori vardır: Hazcı teoriler, arzu teorileri ve nesnel liste teorileri. Bu çalışmanın amacı, arzu teorilerini incelemek ve değerlendirmektir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda, öncelikle kişisel iyiyle ilgili diğer teorilere bakılacaktır. Daha sonra arzu teorilerinin tarihine, iddialarına ve onların lehine argümanlara kısaca değinilecektir. Son olarak bu teorilerin versiyonlarının iddiaları ve onların aleyhindeki temel argümanlar değerlendirilmeye çalışılacaktır. Bu değerlendirme sonucunda arzu teorilerinin yeterince makul olmadığı iddia edilecektir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Kişisel iyi,iyi-durumdalık,arzu teorileri,sınırsız arzu teorisi,sınırlı arzu teorisi,bilgili arzu teorisi

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