On p. 609 of “A Right of Self-Termination?” David Velleman claims that “Value requires a potential valuer but not a potential beneficiary.”
Explain—in your own words, but making good use of the text itself—what Velleman means by this claim, and how he defends it in the passage in which it appears.
Space permitting, you may also assess some part of Velleman’s reasoning, by (say) raising an objection to some premise Velleman endorses or some inference Velleman makes, but you need not do so.
Explain in your own words, but making good use of the text itself—what Velleman means by this claim, and how he defends it in the passage in which it appears.
