Christine Vitrano

The Nature and Value of Happiness

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a historic and contemporary overview of the philosophy of happiness, with critical evaluations to help students analyze the material and trace the evolution of a deeply nuanced concept. Addressing how the modern notion of happiness has changed from its ancient origins, Vitrano attempts to clarify the precise value of happiness.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9780367097639
• ISBN-10: 036709763X
• Artikelnr.: 57381399

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Steven M. Cahn Introduction Chapter One: Happiness as Pleasure
The Varieties of Hedonism What Is Pleasure? Ancient Hedonism Modern
Hedonism Contemporary Hedonism Should We Be Hedonists About Happiness?
Chapter Two: Happiness as Virtue: Plato and the Stoics Platonic Happiness
Stoic Happiness Chapter Three: Happiness as Virtue: Aristotle Is Virtue
Necessary for Happiness? Chapter Four: 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 Chapter Five: Happiness as Something More than
Satisfaction The Normative View Happiness as Appraisal: First Formulation
Happiness as Appraisal: Second Formulation Conclusion Chapter 6: Happiness
as Life Satisfaction The Life-Satisfaction View Is There One Concept of
Happiness? Are Mistakes About Happiness Possible? Is Life Satisfaction
Arbitrary? Chapter 7: Happiness and Morality The Happy Immoralist Morality
or the Appearance of Morality? Chapter 8: The Pursuit of Happiness
Conclusion Appendix: The Experience Machine Index