Daniel Haybron is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University. His research interests centre on several issues in ethics: well-being and the good life, moral evil, and the virtues.

this is a wonderfully stimulationg, highly original book.

• PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF PRUDENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY ; 1. Taking Socrates's Question Seriously ; 2. Happiness, Well-Being, and the Good Life: A Primer ; 3. What Do We Want from a Theory of Happiness? Or how to make a mongrel concept hunt ; PART II: THE NATURE OF HAPPINESS ; 4. Hedonistic Theories of Happiness ; 5. Life Satisfaction Theories of Happiness ; 6. Emotional State Theories of Happiness ; 7. Happiness as Psychic Affirmation ; PART III: THE NATURE OF WELL-BEING ; 8. Well-Being and Virtue ; 9. Happiness, the Self, and Human Flourishing ; PART IV: PURSUING HAPPINESS ; 10. Do We Know How Happy We Are? ; 11. The Pursuit of Unhappiness ; 12. Happiness in Context: Notes on the Good Society

Daniel Haybron is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University. His research interests centre on several issues in ethics: well-being and the good life, moral evil, and the virtues.

this is a wonderfully stimulationg, highly original book.

• PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF PRUDENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY ; 1. Taking Socrates's Question Seriously ; 2. Happiness, Well-Being, and the Good Life: A Primer ; 3. What Do We Want from a Theory of Happiness? Or how to make a mongrel concept hunt ; PART II: THE NATURE OF HAPPINESS ; 4. Hedonistic Theories of Happiness ; 5. Life Satisfaction Theories of Happiness ; 6. Emotional State Theories of Happiness ; 7. Happiness as Psychic Affirmation ; PART III: THE NATURE OF WELL-BEING ; 8. Well-Being and Virtue ; 9. Happiness, the Self, and Human Flourishing ; PART IV: PURSUING HAPPINESS ; 10. Do We Know How Happy We Are? ; 11. The Pursuit of Unhappiness ; 12. Happiness in Context: Notes on the Good Society

Daniel Haybron is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University. His research interests centre on several issues in ethics: well-being and the good life, moral evil, and the virtues.

this is a wonderfully stimulationg, highly original book.

• PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF PRUDENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY ; 1. Taking Socrates's Question Seriously ; 2. Happiness, Well-Being, and the Good Life: A Primer ; 3. What Do We Want from a Theory of Happiness? Or how to make a mongrel concept hunt ; PART II: THE NATURE OF HAPPINESS ; 4. Hedonistic Theories of Happiness ; 5. Life Satisfaction Theories of Happiness ; 6. Emotional State Theories of Happiness ; 7. Happiness as Psychic Affirmation ; PART III: THE NATURE OF WELL-BEING ; 8. Well-Being and Virtue ; 9. Happiness, the Self, and Human Flourishing ; PART IV: PURSUING HAPPINESS ; 10. Do We Know How Happy We Are? ; 11. The Pursuit of Unhappiness ; 12. Happiness in Context: Notes on the Good Society