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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... reporting similar experiences . Second , I was away from the island for many years until a recent visit . During that interval , and during that visit , I got a few “ refreshers ” in the island mindset which reminded me vividly of the ...
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... report measures probably suffer from serious errors , or are misleading , in ways that have not generally been recognized . Yet a major aim of the book is to support this research , both by clarifying its weaknesses , noting areas for ...
... report measures probably suffer from serious errors , or are misleading , in ways that have not generally been recognized . Yet a major aim of the book is to support this research , both by clarifying its weaknesses , noting areas for ...
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... reports at all, and some studies will be more vulnerable to error than others. Some of it garnered a Nobel in economics, of all things. And even subjective experience is not so utterly inscrutable that we can't meaningfully study it ...
... reports at all, and some studies will be more vulnerable to error than others. Some of it garnered a Nobel in economics, of all things. And even subjective experience is not so utterly inscrutable that we can't meaningfully study it ...
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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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