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Series:   Elements in Ethics

Happiness and Well-Being

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2021

Chris Heathwood
Chris Heathwood
Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder

Summary

This Element provides an opinionated introduction to the debate in moral philosophy over identifying the basic elements of well-being and to the related debate over the nature of happiness. The question of the nature of happiness is simply the question of what happiness is (as opposed to what causes it or how to get it), and the central philosophical question about well-being is the question of what things are in themselves of ultimate benefit or harm to a person, or directly make them better or worse off.
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Keywords

happinesswelfarequality of lifepleasurelife satisfaction
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Series: Elements in Ethics
Online ISBN: 9781108580830
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 04 November 2021

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