 It may be true that someone who cannot see or hear lacks experiences of great intrinsic value that are available to someone who can see or hear. However, the broad characterization favored by disability scholars seems most appropriate for assessing the role of intrinsic value in how well our lives go. For example, one obvious source of intrinsic value for standard sensory functions and activities is aesthetic—the beauty, richness, and complexity of the experiences they enable. But we do not regard color-blindness, tone-deafness, or impairments of smell or taste as inimical to well-being, although they preclude vast ranges of rich aesthetic experience. There is no reason to doubt that someone who has never had, or has long lost, those sensory functions (as opposed, say, to an visual artist or food critic who relies on them for her vocation) can lead a life as rich and rewarding aesthetically as someone who has those functions, despite lacking admittedly valuable experiences. This suggests that we cannot infer from the fact that there is great value in a function that those who lack it have lives that go significantly less well. It is only plausible to claim that a good life needs to contain certain kinds of valuable experiences and activities if those kinds of experience and activity are characterized very broadly. We will have more to say about this below, in reviewing the debate over whether disabilities can be seen as “neutral” characteristics.