Abstract
Is there more to how well a life goes overall (its lifetime well-being) than simply the aggregate goodness
and badness of its moments (its momentary well-being)? Atomists about lifetime well-being say ‘no’.
Holists hold that there is more to lifetime well-being than aggregate momentary well-being (with
different holists offering different candidates for what this extra element might be).
This paper presents and defends a novel form of holism about lifetime well-being, which I call
‘End of Life’. This is the view that the momentary goodness or badness of the end of lives has a
disproportionate effect upon lifetime well-being. More precisely: a welfare subject’s level of momentary
well-being at the end of their life contributes more to their lifetime well-being than their level of
momentary well-being at each other point.