The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Well-Being (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Fletcher, Guy

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Produktbeschreibung

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Well-Being provides a comprehensive, outstanding guide and reference source to the key topics and debates in this exciting subject. Essential reading for students and researchers in ethics and political philosophy it will also be an invaluable resource for those in related disciplines such as psychology, politics and sociology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 546
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317402640
• Artikelnr.: 43480618

Autorenporträt

Guy Fletcher is a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, UK. His current research is in metaethics, on moral language and moral psychology. Another strand of research is in political philosophy, on hate speech. He also has a persistent side-interest in John Stuart Mill. He is the author of The Philosophy of Well-Being: An Introduction (Routledge, 2016).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Guy Fletcher
Part 1: Well-Being in the History of Moral Philosophy
1. Plato Eric Brown
2. Aristotle on Well-Being Richard Kraut
3. Hedonistic Theories of Well Being in Antiquity Tim O'Keefe
4. Well-Being and Confucianism Richard Kim
5. Well-Being and Daoism Justin Tiwald
6. Well-Being in the Buddhist tradition Christopher Gowans
7. Well-Being in the Christian tradition William Lauinger
8. The Later British Moralists Robert Shaver
Part 2: Theories of Well-Being
9. Hedonism Alex Gregory
10. Perfectionism Gwen Bradford
11. Desire-Fulfilment theory Chris Heathwood
12. Objective List Theory Guy Fletcher
13. Hybrid Theories Chris Woodard
14. Subject-Sensitive theories Alicia Hall and Valerie Tiberius
15. Eudaimonism Lorraine Besser-Jones
Part 3: Particular Goods and Bads
16. Pleasure Ben Bramble
17. Pain Guy Kahane
18. Health, Disability, and Well-Being Drew Schroeder
19. Friendship Diane Jeske
20. Virtue Anne Baril
21. Epistemic Goods Allan Hazlett
22. Achievements Gwen Bradford and Simon Keller
23. Meaningfulness Antti Kauppinen
24. Needs Marco Grix and Philip McKibbin
25. Happiness Neera Badhwar
26. Death Ben Bradley
Part 4: Theoretical Issues
27. Monism and Pluralism Eden Lin
28. Atomism and Holism in the Theory of Personal Well-Being Jason Raibley
29. The Experience Machine and the Experience Requirement Jennifer Hawkins
30. Children's Well-being A Philosophical Analysis Anthony Skelton
31. Well-Being and Animals Christopher Rice
32. The Science of Well-Being Anna Alexandrova
33. The Concept of Well-Being Steve Campbell
Part 5: Well-Being in Moral and Political Philosophy
34. Welfarism Dale Dorsey
35. Well-Being and the Non-Identity Problem Molly Gardner
36. Well-Being, Paternalism, Autonomy Sarah Conly
37. Well-Being and Disadvantage Jonathan Wolff and Doug Reeve
38. Feminism and Well-Being Jules Holroyd
Part 6: Well-being and other disciplines
39. Well-Being and Law Alex Sarch
40. Well-Being and Economics Erik Angner
41. Medicine and Well-Being Daniel Groll.
Index