Disability, Options, and Well-Being : Does Losing Options Reduce Well-being?

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This paper critically examines the claim that the reduction of options due to disability is likely to decrease the well-being of affected individuals. It introduces a challenge–overcoming mechanism, grounded in an axiological perspective that values the exercise of agential capacities. This paper argues that while reduced options may introduce new difficulties, successfully overcoming them can enhance the prudential value of achievements. Building on this, it develops a challenge–overcoming interpretation of the sufficiency insight, which holds that if sufficient options remain, then the value gained through overcoming challenges can outweigh the disadvantages. This interpretation is used to respond to a criticism of the sufficiency insight and to challenge T. Crawley’s options argument.

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