Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>‘Reactive Contributions and their Significance’ addresses the importance of the way in which we enhance the contribution of others by enjoying or otherwise benefiting from them. It suggests a neglected dimension in our thinking about value and appreciation. When we enjoy a play or a film, learn from a book, fall in love, feel elated when walking in a park, savour a good meal at a restaurant, and experience many other such acts or moments of benefiting, we thereby become prima facie contributors. We contribute by enhancing the original contribution that the director, author, lover, gardener, or chef has made. We should consider ourselves as potential contributors to others, who help establish the value of those others. By reacting to contributions, we make those contributions greater, and this is also a contribution. This in turn creates another level of goodness in the world, that of Reactive Contribution.</jats:p>