Philosophy and Happiness

by Bortolotti, Lisa

• ISBN13: 9780230224292
• ISBN10: 0230224296
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

A precious resource for anybody interested in contemporary thinking on happiness,Philosophy and Happinessencompasses a variety of philosophical traditions and draws from empirical work in psychology and economics to answer some of the oldest, and most pressing, questions about what contributes to individual well-being and life satisfaction.

Author Biography

LISA BORTOLOTTI is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Notes on Contributors	p. x
Preface	p. xiv
Happiness and the Meaningful Life
Happiness and Meaningfulness: Some Key Differences	p. 3
Happiness, Temporality, Meaning	p. 21
Tragic Joyfulness	p. 37
Shape and the Meaningfulness of Life	p. 54
Immortal Happiness	p. 68
`I am well, apart from the fact that I have cancer': Explaining Well-being within Illness	p. 82
Suffering in Happy Lives	p. 100
Happiness and the Mind
Reflections on Positive Psychology	p. 119
Face Value. Perception and Knowledge of Others' Happiness	p. 130
The Politics of Happiness: Subjective vs. Economic Measures as Measures of Social Well-Being	p. 149
Happiness and Preference-Satisfaction	p. 167
The Politics of the Self: Stability, Normativity and the Lives We can Live with Living	p. 183
Happiness and Life Choices: Sartre on Desire, Deliberation and Action	p. 200
The Reflective Life: Wisdom and Happiness for Real People	p. 215
Bibliography	p. 233
Index	p. 254
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