Mark Walker

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Happy-People-Pills For All (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

Happy-People-Pills for All explores current theories of happiness while demonstrating the need to develop advanced pharmacological agents for the enhancement of our capacity for happiness and wellbeing. * Presents the first detailed exploration of the enhancement of happiness * A controversial yet rigorous argument that demonstrates the moral imperative for the development and mass distribution of 'happy-pills', to promote the wellbeing of the individual and society * Brings together the philosophy, psychology and biology of happiness * Maps the development of the next generation of positive mood pharmacology * Offers a corrective to contemporary accounts of happiness

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Autor

Mark Walker is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at New Mexico State University, where he occupies the Richard L. Hedden Endowed Chair in Advanced Philosophical Studies. Dr. Walker also serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Evolution and Technology and on the Board of Directors of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118357330
• Artikelnr.: 37757846

Rezensionen

"The philosophical portions of the book are good enough,and I recommend Happy-People-Pills for All if you areinterested in a fun "what-if" discussion." (PsycCRITIQUES, 10 February 2014)

"Summing Up: Recommended. With reservations. General readers." (Choice, 1 January 2014)

"A fascinating and provocative argument, beautifully made.This book challenges everything you believe about who deserves tobe happy, and why."

--Daniel Gilbert, Harvard University, Author of thebestseller Stumbling on Happiness

"A game-changing contribution to philosophical debates abouthappiness. Its arguments are ambitious, novel, and philosophicallyfocused and its discussion wide-ranging."

--Nicholas Agar, Victoria University ofWellington, Author of Humanity's End: Why We Should RejectRadical Enhancement

"Happy-People-Pills is a great examination of theincreasingly contentious issue of modifying our bodies and ourmoods through pharmacology. Laying out in precise detail thearguments for and against, Walker explains the importance ofhappiness for health, life, and love and gives a powerful case forusing chemical technology to make more of it."

--Patrick Hopkins, Millsaps College, Author of Sex/Machine:Readings in Culture, Gender, and Technology