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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... matter, even if much remains beyond description. The challenge lies in bringing a measure of intelligibility if not clarity even to matters that once seemed hopelessly inscrutable. I believe this can be done, to a surprising extent ...
... matter, even if much remains beyond description. The challenge lies in bringing a measure of intelligibility if not clarity even to matters that once seemed hopelessly inscrutable. I believe this can be done, to a surprising extent ...
Strana xiii
... time pondering matters of happiness , and would likely have thought the idea of a book about happiness a complete waste of time . But in retrospect — and this is one purpose of the book — it is clear to Acknowledgements xiii.
... time pondering matters of happiness , and would likely have thought the idea of a book about happiness a complete waste of time . But in retrospect — and this is one purpose of the book — it is clear to Acknowledgements xiii.
Strana xv
... matters in this book profoundly. My mother's influence is a bit less obvious, as she tended not to go in for lengthy philosophical disquisitions, her teachings being mainly by the force of her personality. (My father received many ...
... matters in this book profoundly. My mother's influence is a bit less obvious, as she tended not to go in for lengthy philosophical disquisitions, her teachings being mainly by the force of her personality. (My father received many ...
Strana 4
... matters in the world , nor even in a person's life . Plausibly , human well - being has other aspects , and virtue matters even more than well - being ; and beyond these there may be aesthetic and other values to be counted.3 Let's ...
... matters in the world , nor even in a person's life . Plausibly , human well - being has other aspects , and virtue matters even more than well - being ; and beyond these there may be aesthetic and other values to be counted.3 Let's ...
Strana 5
... matters of well - being , and the use of ' moral psychology ' for the psychology of morality . To that end , I will argue that individuals are less authoritative in matters of personal welfare than modernity has usually allowed . This ...
... matters of well - being , and the use of ' moral psychology ' for the psychology of morality . To that end , I will argue that individuals are less authoritative in matters of personal welfare than modernity has usually allowed . This ...
Obsah
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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