Happiness

Daniel M. Haybron, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy Department at Saint Louis University, USADaniel M. Haybron is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at Saint Louis University. His research interests centre on several issues in ethics: well-being and the good life, moral evil, and the virtues. He has worked primarily on happiness since 1995. He is the author of The Pursuit of Unhappiness (OUP, 2008). He has also published a number of articles on happiness.

出版者:Oxford University Press

作者:Daniel M. Haybron

页数:168

出版时间:2013-10-1

价格:USD 11.95

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780199590605

丛书系列:Very Short Introductions

图书标签:VSIOxforda_very_short_introductionphilosophy

Considers our definitions of happiness, and its subjective values

Provides an overview of contemporary and historical thinking about happiness

Looks at both the philosophical and psychological aspects of happiness

Considers not just what happiness is, and what brings it, but how happiness fits into an ethical life

Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series

Happiness is an everyday term in our lives, and most of us strive to be happy. But defining happiness can be difficult.

In this Very Short Introduction, Dan Haybron considers the true nature of happiness. By examining what it is, assessing its subjective values, its importance in our lives, and how we can (and should) pursue it, he considers the current thinking on happiness, from psychology to philosophy.

Illustrating the diverse routes to happiness, Haybron reflects on the growing influence of secular Western ideas in the contemporary pursuit of a good life, and considers the influence of social context on our satisfaction and well-being.

Readership: General readers, researchers, and policy makers concerned with well-being, as well as students of philosophy and ethics.

用户评价

这本书几乎解答了我所有关于幸福感的疑惑

Although it doesn't look like science, I would still thank the author for his enlightening elaboration, summary and suggestions. Sources of happiness: SOARS- Security, Outlook, Autonomy, Relationship, Skilled and meaningful activities. Happiness is a personal thing. It may not be the only and ultimate goal, but undeniably, it worth pursuing .

whether a man who has an itch and scratches it and can scratch to his heart's content, scratch his whole life long, can also live happily.

whether a man who has an itch and scratches it and can scratch to his heart's content, scratch his whole life long, can also live happily.

掺杂了挺多主观的看法和不负责的猜测。看了那么多考量和想法，有一点是明确的：将幸福定义化简会产生“被幸福”等武断而又绝对的标准。一家之言被奉为放之四海的公理，某种意义上这也算压迫。最好的办法就是不要研究这个话题，因为没有啥建设性意义。