Happiness in good lives
By: Mike W. Martin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780199845217
Subjects: Well-being; Conduct of life; Happiness
Description: Martin explores the ways in which happiness interacts with all other dimensions of good lives--in particular with moral decency and goodness, authenticity, mental health, self-fulfillment, and meaningfulness.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Loving life; title: Valuing happiness; title: Betting on virtue; title: Authenticity; title: Happily self-deceived; title: Suffering in happy lives; title: Paradoxes of happiness; title: Happy to help; title: Shared pursuits in love; title: Balancing work and leisure; title: Simplicity; title: Felicity in Frankenstein; title: Personal and political.