Happy-People-Pills For All

AvMark Walker

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

Del 58 i serien Blackwell Public Philosophy Series

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Beskrivning

Happy-People-Pills for All explores current theories of happiness while demonstrating the need to develop advanced pharmacological agents for the enhancement of our capacity for happiness and wellbeing. Presents the first detailed exploration of the enhancement of happinessA controversial yet rigorous argument that demonstrates the moral imperative for the development and mass distribution of ‘happy-pills’, to promote the wellbeing of the individual and societyBrings together the philosophy, psychology and biology of happinessMaps the development of the next generation of positive mood pharmacologyOffers a corrective to contemporary accounts of happiness

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-04-26
Mått:163 x 236 x 20 mm
Vikt:526 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Blackwell Public Philosophy Series
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781118357385

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Mark Walker is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at New Mexico State University, where he occupies the Richard L. Hedden Endowed Chair in Advanced Philosophical Studies. Dr. Walker also serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Evolution and Technology and on the Board of Directors of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.

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“The philosophical portions of the book are good enough, and I recommend Happy-People-Pills for All if you are interested in a fun “what-if” discussion.” (PsycCRITIQUES, 10 February 2014)“Summing Up: Recommended. With reservations. General readers.” (Choice, 1 January 2014)

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments ix1 Introductory 12 What is Living and What is Dead in Brave New World 193 What DoWe Mean by ‘Happiness’? 414 The Elements of the Good Life: It is a Very Big List 725 Wellbeing and Virtue 1006 Happiness Promotes Perfection 1207 Happy Pharmacology 1558 Arguments for Happy-People-Pills 1879 Ethical Objections 20610 Happy-People-Pills and Public Policy 233Index 273