I've tried to do a little moral philosophy in the comments section of this post at Bill Gardner's Maternal and Child Health blog. Bill is very interested in (among other things) constructing an account of child well-being that could be used to evaluate public policy and guide medical care. My comments try to address a fundamental point about how such a view might get off the ground.
Chris, I tried to write a bit about the moral value of pleasure, invoking Aristotle and Green. If you have time, head over there and set me straight.
Posted by Paul at January 26, 2005 10:29 AMLet me just put in a note to express my gratitude to Paul (and to the cloud of thinkers in the neighborhood of _Crooked_Timber_) for his efforts to help me think about these issues. This is the kind of thing we always hoped that the net would permit.
Posted by: Bill Gardner at January 26, 2005 11:00 AM