"The Quality of Life: Aristotle Revised presents a philosophical theory about the constituents of human well-being. The principal idea is that what Aristotle calls 'external goods' - wealth, reputation, power - have at most an indirect bearing on the quality of our lives. Starti…
"Ancient questions about the causes and nature of pleasure were revived in the eighteenth century with a new consideration of its ethical and political significance. Rowan Boyson reminds us that philosophers of the Enlightenment, unlike modern thinkers, often represented pleasur…
Zhuangzi and the happy fish
The Zhuangzi is a deliciously protean text: it is concerned not only with personal realization, but also (albeit incidentally) with social and political order. In many ways the Zhuangzi established a unique literary and philosophical genre of its own, and while clearly the work …
Zhuangzi and the happy fish
The Zhuangzi is a deliciously protean text: it is concerned not only with personal realization, but also (albeit incidentally) with social and political order. In many ways the Zhuangzi established a unique literary and philosophical genre of its own, and while clearly the work …
In seinem Kultbuch Eine kurze Geschichte der Menschheit erklärte Yuval Noah Harari, wie unsere Spezies die Erde erobern konnte. In "Homo Deus" stößt er vor in eine noch verborgene Welt: die Zukunft. Was wird mit uns und unserem Planeten passieren, wenn die neuen Technologien dem…
"Adam Sandel revives one of the oldest philosophical questions: What constitutes a good life? Drawing on the wisdom of thinkers ancient and modern, as well as his own experience as a teacher and record-setting athlete, he argues that fulfillment lies not in achieving goals but i…
During the past forty years, thousands of studies have been carried out on the subject of happiness. Some have explored the levels of happiness or dissatisfaction associated with typical daily activities, such as working, seeing friends, or doing household chores. Others have tr…
The contents of this book cover what investigators have discovered, the reliability of research on happiness, the question of growth, what to do about inequality, the threat of financial hardship, and much more.
Describes the principal findings of happiness researchers, assesses the strengths and weaknesses of such research, and looks at how governments could use results when formulating policies to improve the lives of citizens.