The Philosophy of Well-Being: An Introduction

New York: Routledge (2016)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Well-being occupies a central role in ethics and political philosophy, including in major theories such as utilitarianism. It also extends far beyond philosophy: recent studies into the science and psychology of well-being have propelled the topic to centre stage, and governments spend millions on promoting it. We are encouraged to adopt modes of thinking and behaviour that support individual well-being or 'wellness'. What is well-being? Which theories of well-being are most plausible? In this rigorous and comprehensive introduction to the topic, Guy Fletcher unpacks and assesses these questions and many more, including: Are pleasure and pain the only things that affect well-being? Is desire-fulfilment the only thing that makes our lives go well? Can something be good for someone who does not desire it? Is well-being fundamentally connected to a distinctive human nature? Is happiness all that makes our lives go well? Is death necessarily bad for us? How is the well-being of a whole life related to well-being at particular times? Also included is a glossary of key terms, and annotated further reading and study and comprehension questions follow each chapter, making _The Philosophy of Well-Being_ essential reading for students in ethics and political philosophy, and also suitable for those in related disciplines such as psychology, politics and sociology

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 79,971

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Philosophy of education: an introduction.T. W. Moore - 1982 - Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Leo Strauss on Moses Mendelssohn.Leo Strauss - 2012 - London: University of Chicago Press. Edited by Martin D. Yaffe.
Music in German philosophy: an introduction.Stefan Lorenz Sorgner & Oliver Fürbeth (eds.) - 2010 - Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Introduction to the Philosophy of Sport.Heather Reid - 2012 - Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Introduction.Sean O. Nuallain - 2014 - Cosmos and History 10 (1):1-14.
An introduction to philosophy.Jon Nuttall - 2002 - Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Introduction to Philosophy.Orlin Ottman Fletcher - 1914 - Philosophical Review 23 (2):217-220.
A New Introduction to Philosophy.Steven M. Cahn - 1971 - New York: Harper & Row.
Introduction.Sean Nuallain - 2014 - Cosmos and History 10 (1):1-14.
The Philosophy of Art: An Introduction.Theodore Gracyk - 2012 - Malden, Massachusetts: Polity.
The Renaissance Philosophy of Man.Ernst Cassirer - 1948 - Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Edited by Paul Oskar Kristeller & John Herman Randall.
Introduction to Religious Philosophy.Yakub Masih - 1971 - Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.

Analytics

Added to PP
2015-10-26

Downloads
407 (#30,933)

6 months
24 (#64,593)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Guy Fletcher
University of Edinburgh

Citations of this work

Well-being.Roger Crisp - 2013 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
The ethics of digital well-being: a thematic review.Christopher Burr, Mariarosaria Taddeo & Luciano Floridi - 2020 - Science and Engineering Ethics 26 (4):2313–⁠2343.
Disability and the Goods of Life.Stephen M. Campbell, Sven Nyholm & Jennifer K. Walter - 2021 - Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 46 (6):704-728.

View all 32 citations / Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references