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The Desire Theory

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The desire theory of well-being: a life goes well to the extent that the person's desires are satisfied — the person's own aims set the measure.

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One neighbor wants gardens, another wants marathons. The theory refuses to referee: each life goes well by reaching what its owner was aiming at.