Valerie Tiberius is the Paul W. Frenzel Chair in Liberal Arts and Chair of the Philosophy Department at the University of Minnesota. Her work explores the ways in which philosophy and psychology can both contribute to the study of well-being and virtue. She is the author of The Reflective Life: Living Wisely With Our Limits (Oxford, 2008), and Moral Psychology: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, 2015). She has also published numerous articles on the topics of virtue, well-being, and the relationship between positive psychology and ethics, and has received grants from the Templeton Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

There is much to like in Tiberius' perceptive explorations: the quest for well-being -- a friend's or one's own -- can be complicated business, and she carefully develops many thoughtful recommendations to conduct it, well informed by contemporary psychological research on well-being and other relevant matters ... the book's richness also resides in the practical wisdom it imparts

• 1: Introduction 2: The Value Fulfillment Theory of Well-Being 3: What is Value Fulfillment? 4: Assessing Well-Being: Value Fulfillment Theory in Practice 5: Being a Good Friend 6: Conclusion

Valerie Tiberius is the Paul W. Frenzel Chair in Liberal Arts and Chair of the Philosophy Department at the University of Minnesota. Her work explores the ways in which philosophy and psychology can both contribute to the study of well-being and virtue. She is the author of The Reflective Life: Living Wisely With Our Limits (Oxford, 2008), and Moral Psychology: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, 2015). She has also published numerous articles on the topics of virtue, well-being, and the relationship between positive psychology and ethics, and has received grants from the Templeton Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

There is much to like in Tiberius' perceptive explorations: the quest for well-being -- a friend's or one's own -- can be complicated business, and she carefully develops many thoughtful recommendations to conduct it, well informed by contemporary psychological research on well-being and other relevant matters ... the book's richness also resides in the practical wisdom it imparts

• 1: Introduction 2: The Value Fulfillment Theory of Well-Being 3: What is Value Fulfillment? 4: Assessing Well-Being: Value Fulfillment Theory in Practice 5: Being a Good Friend 6: Conclusion

Valerie Tiberius is the Paul W. Frenzel Chair in Liberal Arts and Chair of the Philosophy Department at the University of Minnesota. Her work explores the ways in which philosophy and psychology can both contribute to the study of well-being and virtue. She is the author of The Reflective Life: Living Wisely With Our Limits (Oxford, 2008), and Moral Psychology: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, 2015). She has also published numerous articles on the topics of virtue, well-being, and the relationship between positive psychology and ethics, and has received grants from the Templeton Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

There is much to like in Tiberius' perceptive explorations: the quest for well-being -- a friend's or one's own -- can be complicated business, and she carefully develops many thoughtful recommendations to conduct it, well informed by contemporary psychological research on well-being and other relevant matters ... the book's richness also resides in the practical wisdom it imparts

• 1: Introduction 2: The Value Fulfillment Theory of Well-Being 3: What is Value Fulfillment? 4: Assessing Well-Being: Value Fulfillment Theory in Practice 5: Being a Good Friend 6: Conclusion