The ‘Big 3’ theories of well-being—hedonism, desire-satisfactionism, and objective list theory—attempt to explain why certain things are good for people by appealing to prudentially good-making properties. But they don’t attempt to explain why the properties they advert to make something good for a person. Perfectionism, the view that well-being consists in nature-fulfilment, is often considered a competitor to these views (or else a version of the objective list theory). However, I argue that perfectionism is best understood as explaining why certain properties are prudentially good-making. This version of perfectionism is compatible with each of the Big 3, and, I argue, quite attractive.

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解释性完美主义：对古老理论的全新诠释

幸福的“三大”理论——享乐主义、欲望满足主义和客观清单理论——试图通过诉诸谨慎的造善属性来解释为什么某些事物对人们有益。但是他们并没有试图解释为什么他们所宣传的属性会为一个人带来好处。完美主义，即幸福在于自然实现的观点，通常被认为是这些观点的竞争对手（或者客观列表理论的一个版本）。然而，我认为完美主义最好被理解为解释为什么某些属性谨慎行善。这种完美主义版本与三大巨头中的每一个都兼容，而且我认为非常有吸引力。