In this paper, I explore a fundamental but under-appreciated distinction between two ways of understanding the desire-satisfaction theory of well-being. According to proactive desire satisfactionism, a person is benefited by the acquisition of new satisfied desires. According to reactive desire satisfactionism, a person can be benefited only by the satisfaction of their existing desires. I first offer an overview of this distinction. I then canvass several ways of developing a general formulation of desire satisfactionism that would capture the reactive view, and argue that all come with significant costs.

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满足欲望，满足欲望

在本文中，我探讨了理解幸福的欲望满足理论的两种方式之间一个基本但未被充分认识的区别。根据积极的欲望满足主义，一个人因获得新的满足欲望而受益。根据反应性欲望满足主义，一个人只有通过现有欲望的满足才能获益。我首先概述一下这种区别。然后，我研究了几种方法来开发一种能够捕捉反应性观点的欲望满足主义的一般表述，并认为所有这些都会付出巨大的代价。