ABSTRACT
The previous chapters have addressed ‘What is a dissolution?’ This final chapter will address the evaluative issue of what makes a good dissolution.
Actually, the question of appraisal is partly answered by the discussion of the purpose of dissolution: a good dissolution is one that rationally undermines the point of pursuing the issue. However, this functional reading of ‘good dissolution’ does not completely explain why we value certain dissolutions. For a pacifist can know that the function of chemical weapons is to poison the enemy without thereby approving of good chemical weapons. So what do we fundamentally want from a dissolution?
