Title:
The nature and value of happiness / Christine Vitrano ; foreword by Steven M. Cahn.
Author:
Vitrano, Christine, author.
Publication Information:
Boulder : Westview Press, [2014]
Call Number:
B105 .H36 V58 2014
Abstract:
A concise, accessible exploration of both the historical and contemporary theories of happiness.
ISBN:
9780813347271
Physical Description:
ix, 151 pages ; 23 cm
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Contents:
Happiness as pleasure : The varieties of hedonism ; What Is pleasure? ; Ancient hedonism ; Modern hedonism ; Contemporary hedonism ; Should we be hedonists about happiness? -- Happiness as virtue: Plato and the Stoics : Platonic happiness ; Stoic happiness -- Happiness as virtue: Aristotle : Is virtue necessary for happiness -- Happiness as desire satisfaction : The simple satisfaction view ; The simple satisfaction view: second formulation ; The simple satisfaction view: third formulation ; The simple satisfaction view: final formulation --
Happiness as something more than satisfaction : The normative view ; Happiness as appraisal: first formulation ; Happiness appraisal: second formulation ; Conclusion -- Happiness as life satisfaction : The life-satisfaction view ; Is there one concept of happiness? ; Are mistakes about happiness possible? ; Is life satisfaction arbitrary -- Happiness and morality : The happy immoralist ; Morality or the appearance of morality -- The pursuit of happiness ; Conclusion -- Appendix : The experience machine.
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