Flanagan / LeDoux / Bingle Against Happiness

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-231-55796-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Against Happiness is a thorough and powerful critique of the “happiness agenda,” revealing the flaws of its concept of happiness and advocating a renewed focus on equality and justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Flanagan, Owen

LeDoux, Joseph E.

Bingle, Bobby

Haybron, Daniel M.

Mesquita, Batja

Moody-Adams, Michele

Ren, Songyao

Sun, Anna

Wilson, Yolonda Y.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Frey, Jennifer A.

Markus, Hazel Rose

Sachs, Jeffrey D.

Tsai, Jeanne L.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction
Part I: Happiness Philosophy and Happiness Science
1. Introduction: The Happiness Agenda
2. Varieties of Theories and Measures of Well-Being and Happiness
3. How Should We Think About the Emotion of Happiness Scientifically? Lessons from the Science of Fear
4. Why Averaging Happiness Scores and Comparing Them Is a Terrible Idea
Part II: Culture and Happiness
5. Positive and Negative Emotions: Culture, Content, and Context
6. Happiness and Well-Being as Cultural Projects: Immigration, Biculturalism, Cultural Belonging
7. Happiness and Well-Being in Contemporary China
Part III: Race, Racism, Resignation
8. Happiness, Race, and Hermeneutical Justice: The Case of African American Mental Health
9. Interpreting Self-Reports of Well-Being
Part IV: Conclusions
10. Recommendations for Policy Use of Happiness Metrics
11. Universal Rights, Sustainable Development, and Happiness: Two out of Three Ain’t Bad
Part V: Responses by Four Critics
12. On Ersatz Happiness, by Jennifer A. Frey
13. Why the Analysis and Assessment of Happiness Matters, by Hazel Rose Markus
14. Three out of Three Is Better, by Jeffrey D. Sachs
15. What the Gallup World Poll Could Do to Deepen Our Understanding of Happiness in Different Cultures, by Jeanne L. Tsai
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Owen Flanagan is James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Duke University and codirector of the Center for Comparative Philosophy. Joseph E. LeDoux is director of the Emotional Brain Institute and professor of neural science and psychology at New York University, as well as professor of psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry at NYU Langone. Bobby Bingle is an independent scholar of comparative philosophy. Daniel M. Haybron is the Theodore R. Vitali, C.P., Professor of Philosophy at St. Louis University. Batja Mesquita is the director of the Center for Social and Cultural Psychology at the University of Leuven. Michele Moody-Adams is Joseph Straus Professor of Political Philosophy and Legal Theory at Columbia University. Songyao Ren is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Dallas. Anna Sun is associate professor of sociology and religious studies at Duke University. Yolonda Y. Wilson is associate professor of health care ethics at St. Louis University.

Jennifer A. Frey is associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina. Hazel Rose Markus is the Davis-Brack Professor in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. Jeanne L. Tsai is professor of psychology at Stanford University.