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The pursuit of unhappiness : the elusive psychology of well-being / Daniel M. Haybron. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [(c)2008.Description: xv, 357 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0199545987
  • 0199592462
  • 9780199545988
  • 9780199592463
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF575.H393.P877 2008
  • BF575.H27.H413.P877 2008
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Contents:
Fundamentals of prudential psychology ; The nature of happiness ; The nature of well-being ; Pursuing happiness.
Review: "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. As a result, we may need 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, policymakers, and other students of human well-being."--Jacket.
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Fundamentals of prudential psychology ; The nature of happiness ; The nature of well-being ; Pursuing happiness.

"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. As a result, we may need 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, policymakers, and other students of human well-being."--Jacket. Link to source of summary

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