The pursuit of unhappiness: the elusive psychology of well-being

Dan Haybron presents an illuminating examination of well-being, drawing on important recent work in the science of happiness. He shows that we are remarkably prone to error in judgements of our own personal welfare, and suggests thatwe should rethink traditional assumptions about the good life and the good society. INDICE: Part I: Fundamentals of Prudential Psychology; 1: Taking Socrates's Question Seriously; 2: Happiness, Well-Being, and the Good Life: A Primer; 3: What Do We Want from a Theory of Happiness? Or how to make a mongrel concept hunt; Part II: The Nature of Happiness; 4: Hedonistic Theories of Happiness; 5: Life Satisfaction Theories of Happiness; 6: Emotional State Theories of Happiness; 7: Happiness as Psychic Affirmation; Part III: The Nature of Well-Being; 8: Well-Being and Virtue; 9: Happiness, the Self, and Human Flourishing;Part IV: Pursuing Happiness; 10: Do We Know How Happy We Are?; 11: The Pursuit of Unhappiness; 12: Happiness in Context: Notes on the Good Society

• ISBN: 978-0-19-959246-3
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 384
• Fecha Publicación: 02/09/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés