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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... focus of most of it on the moral aspects of the good life . Did Socrates misspeak ? Or has his query been too narrowly construed ? Nearly five decades ago , Elizabeth Anscombe famously took the field to task in a blistering polemic ...
... focus of most of it on the moral aspects of the good life . Did Socrates misspeak ? Or has his query been too narrowly construed ? Nearly five decades ago , Elizabeth Anscombe famously took the field to task in a blistering polemic ...
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... focus on our material conditions , became ascendant in the culture and in policy circles . Questions about the character of well - being and its psychology , and the most sensible way to live , have accordingly taken a back seat . But ...
... focus on our material conditions , became ascendant in the culture and in policy circles . Questions about the character of well - being and its psychology , and the most sensible way to live , have accordingly taken a back seat . But ...
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... focus on purely rational insight with no proper contribution from sentiment . Rather , rationalists focus their attentions on high - level , analytic , or " rational " processes in their views of human welfare , particularly agents ...
... focus on purely rational insight with no proper contribution from sentiment . Rather , rationalists focus their attentions on high - level , analytic , or " rational " processes in their views of human welfare , particularly agents ...
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... focused inquiry into human nature look like? Presumably it would include a hefty psychological component. Indeed, arguably it would be mainly a psychological endeavor, since questions about the intrinsic value of non-psychological goods ...
... focused inquiry into human nature look like? Presumably it would include a hefty psychological component. Indeed, arguably it would be mainly a psychological endeavor, since questions about the intrinsic value of non-psychological goods ...
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... focus of this book is theoretical . While I hope its contents will have some payoff in practical affairs , I will offer no practical advice , nor plump for any social or political agenda . At many points I do discuss current social ...
... focus of this book is theoretical . While I hope its contents will have some payoff in practical affairs , I will offer no practical advice , nor plump for any social or political agenda . At many points I do discuss current social ...
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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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