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Insofar as someone in a sufficiently blissful stupor had no opportunity to reflect that, say, they were squandering their capacities by not reading Proust or listening to Wagner, I think the mental-state welfarist is hard pressed to seriously aver that this person is experiencing less subjective happiness, from a God Who Loves You perspective, than someone who has the enjoyment of realizing their capacities.

Happiness Redux 2005

If the recognized values all concern individual welfare, then the theory of value can be called welfarist (Sen 1979).

Consequentialism Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter 2006

Labeling an individual a "welfarist" or "rightist" connotes important messages about their views on animal exploitation.

Marc Bekoff: Who Lives and Who Dies: We All Care About Animals, Right? 2010

Beginning in the mid-1990s, Francione exposed the duplicity of "new welfarists" who use the term "animal rights" but pursue "welfarist" policies.

Manifesto for Radical Abolitionism: Total Liberation By Any Means Necessary 2009

This is what the "welfarist" view of American society and an abstract conception of "coalition politics" lead to in practice.

An Exchange on the Left Howe, Irving 1967

Beginning in the mid-1990s, Francione exposed the duplicity of "new welfarists" who use the term "animal rights" but pursue "welfarist" policies.

ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Orac none@example.com 2010

Rather than hiding behind hypocritical pro-market rhetoric, it is time to admit they have embraced their very own entitlement-boom that rivals the dreams of any European welfarist.

Ron Davis: The Republican Nanny State Ron Davis 2012

Mass immigration into welfarist societies means losses to almost all the rich, poor and middle ranks of the citizenry.

Opposition to Immigration: Get Your Story Straight, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

At its simplest, social protection has been implemented as welfarist support to poor people, mainly in countries that have limited capacity to deliver comprehensive social welfare programmes.

Social protection: from handouts to social justice | Stephen Devereux 2011

Regardless of whether one is a welfarist or a rightist I would like to believe that it is, and will continue to be, human compassion for other beings that will result in our giving them the protection they deserve, because of who they are, not because of what they can do for us or because some law tells us what we have to do.

Marc Bekoff: Who Lives and Who Dies: We All Care About Animals, Right? 2010