Happiness and Well-Being

This Element provides an opinionated introduction to the debate in moral philosophy over identifying the basic elements of well-being and to the related debate over the nature of happiness.

List of contents

1. The Topics of Well-Being and Happiness; 2. Objectivism and Subjectivism about Well-Being; 3. The Nature of Happiness; 4. Varieties of Subjectivism about Well-Being.

Summary

This Element provides an opinionated introduction to the debate in moral philosophy over identifying the basic elements of well-being and to the related debate over the nature of happiness.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Heathwood, Chris (University of Colorado Boulder) Heathwood
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781108706407
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70640-7
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Ethics
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy