The Pursuit of Unhappiness: The Elusive Psychology of Well-BeingOUP Oxford, 25. 9. 2008 - Počet stran: 376 The pursuit of happiness is a defining theme of the modern era. But what if people aren't very good at it? This and related questions are explored in this book, the first comprehensive philosophical treatment of happiness in the contemporary psychological sense. In these pages, Dan Haybron argues that people are probably less effective at judging, and promoting, their own welfare than common belief has it. For the psychological dimensions of well-being, particularly our emotional lives, are far richer and more complex than we tend to realize. Knowing one's own interests is no trivial matter. As well, we tend to make a variety of systematic errors in the pursuit of happiness. We may need, then, to rethink traditional assumptions about human nature, the good life, and the good society. Thoroughly engaged with both philosophical and scientific work on happiness and well-being, this book will be a definitive resource for philosophers, social scientists, policy makers, and other students of human well-being. |
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... concerns one of the chief desiderata of a good life , and of any society that hopes to qualify as civilized . Happiness , thus understood , is not the only thing that matters in the world , nor even in a person's life . Plausibly ...
... concerns one of the chief desiderata of a good life , and of any society that hopes to qualify as civilized . Happiness , thus understood , is not the only thing that matters in the world , nor even in a person's life . Plausibly ...
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... concerns the provenance of these states . Do the people of B fail to be happy despite their best efforts , or because of them ? Are their lives unpleasant because they lack what they want , or because they get what they want ? Another ...
... concerns the provenance of these states . Do the people of B fail to be happy despite their best efforts , or because of them ? Are their lives unpleasant because they lack what they want , or because they get what they want ? Another ...
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... concern nothing more than “ the receptive and childlike parts of the personality . ” 8 Happiness , as we are understanding it here , is a shallow thing for kids and the kids in us . It goes without saying that whatever is going on in ...
... concern nothing more than “ the receptive and childlike parts of the personality . ” 8 Happiness , as we are understanding it here , is a shallow thing for kids and the kids in us . It goes without saying that whatever is going on in ...
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... concerns us here : euthymia ' , roughly cheerfulness , or ' ataraxia ' , tranquility , may come close in certain ... concern for happiness just is , ordinarily , a concern for unhappiness as well . No sane individual who cares about ...
... concerns us here : euthymia ' , roughly cheerfulness , or ' ataraxia ' , tranquility , may come close in certain ... concern for happiness just is , ordinarily , a concern for unhappiness as well . No sane individual who cares about ...
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... concern , encompassing matters both good and bad . a An interesting thing happens when we get to the modern era : serious reflection on the psychology of well - being becomes relatively scarce , even as accounts of well - being grow ...
... concern , encompassing matters both good and bad . a An interesting thing happens when we get to the modern era : serious reflection on the psychology of well - being becomes relatively scarce , even as accounts of well - being grow ...
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THE NATURE OF HAPPINESS | 59 |
THE NATURE OF WELLBEING | 153 |
PURSUING HAPPINESS | 197 |
Afterword | 281 |
Notes | 283 |
Bibliography | 317 |
Index | 343 |
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