Sustainable Hedonism: A Thriving Life that Does Not Cost the Earth

Orsolya Lelkes

doi:10.46692/9781529218008

Sustainable Hedonism

A Thriving Life that Does Not Cost the Earth

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Publisher:: Bristol University Press
Online publication date:: December 2021
Print publication year:: 2021
Online ISBN:: 9781529218008
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.46692/9781529218008

Subjects:: Economics, Natural Resource and Environmental Economics

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Drawing on modern science and ancient Greek philosophy, this book calls to explore our collective and personal convictions about success and good life. It challenges the mainstream worldview, rooted in economics, that equates happiness with pleasure, and encourages greed, materialism, egoism and disconnection.

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A Thriving Life that Does Not Cost the Earth

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iv

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
pp v-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Preface
pp ix-xii

Introduction: Is There Anyone Who Does Not Want to Thrive?
pp 1-14

PART I - The Challenge
pp 15-16

1 - Unintended Consequences of Economics as a Science
pp 17-28

2 - The Narrative of Success in Capitalism, and Its Failures
pp 29-44

PART II - What Is a Good Life?
pp 45-46

3 - Pleasure, Joy, Satisfaction, Purpose: Refining Our Quest for Happiness
pp 47-66

4 - Sustainable Hedonism
pp 67-84

5 - A Flourishing Life: Living Well and Doing Well
pp 85-106

6 - Values in an Era of Free Choice
pp 107-126

PART III - How Do We Get There?
pp 127-128

7 - The Laboratory of the Flourishing Life: Serious Change Can Be Playful
pp 129-146

8 - Inner Agents and Saboteurs of the Good Life: Role Theory
pp 147-166

Conclusions: Flourishing Life in the World
pp 167-178

Notes
pp 179-188

References
pp 189-204

Index
pp 205-212

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