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What Is This Thing Called Happiness? (Hardcover)
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What Is This Thing Called Happiness? (Hardcover)
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According to an ancient and still popular view -- sometimes known
as 'eudaimonism' -- a person's well-being, or quality of life, is
ultimately determined by his or her level of happiness. According
to this view, the happier a person is, the better off he is. The
doctrine is controversial in part because the nature of happiness
is controversial. In What Is This Thing Called Happiness? Fred
Feldman presents a study of the nature and value of happiness. Part
One contains critical discussions of the main philosophical and
psychological theories of happiness. Feldman presents arguments
designed to show that each of these theories is problematic. Part
Two contains his presentation and defense of his own theory of
happiness, which is a form of attitudinal hedonism. On this view, a
person's level of happiness may be identified with the extent to
which he or she takes pleasure in things. Feldman shows that if we
understand happiness as he proposes, it becomes reasonable to
suppose that a person's well-being is determined by his or her
level of happiness. This view has important implications not only
for moral philosophy, but also for the emerging field of hedonic
psychology. Part Three contains discussions of some interactions
between the proposed theory of happiness and empirical research
into happiness.
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