Happiness
Classic and Contemporary Readings in Philosophy
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 29 November 2012
- ISBN 9780195321401
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages289 pages
- Size 232x167x13 mm
- Weight 426 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book will be the first collection of classic and contemporary readings devoted to the subject of happiness. Part I will include classic readings from Plato to Sartre, thus providing a brief tour of the most important theories of ethics and emphasizing their approaches to happiness. Part II will be devoted to the work of contemporary theorists who have sought to grasp the concept of happiness from a variety of perspectives.
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Happiness has long been a focus of attention for philosophers as well as psychologists. This volume, the only collection devoted to the subject from the standpoint of philosophy, offers twenty-seven classic and contemporary readings exploring the nature of happiness. Part I, a survey of the ways happiness has been treated throughout the history of ethics, includes writings by Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Seneca, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Hobbes, Joseph Butler, David Hume, Jeremy Bentham, Immanuel Kant, Arthur Schopenhauer, John Stuart Mill, Henry Sidgwick, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Part II explores the work of contemporary ethical theorists, including Julia Annas, John Kekes, Richard Kraut, Robert Nozick, and Richard Taylor. The book also includes an introduction by psychologist Daniel Nettle, headnotes for each selection, and essays by the editors. Ideal for ethics courses, Happiness: Classic and Contemporary Readings can also be used in courses in introductory philosophy and positive psychology.
This is an excellent and comprehensive collection of classic and contemporary sources on happiness. It covers a number of central questions: How should we define happiness? How can we attain happiness? What role does it play in human existence? and What is the relation between happiness and morality? The collection would work well in a wide range of undergraduate philosophy courses.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Introduction
PART ONE. HISTORICAL SOURCES
Plato, The Republic (selections)
Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics (selections)
Epicurus
Seneca, On the Happy Life (selections)
Augustine, The Happy Life (selections)
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Contra Gentiles (selections)
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (selections)
Joseph Butler, Upon the Love of Our Neighbor
David Hume, The Sceptic
Jeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (selections)
Immanuel Kant, Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (selections); Critique of Pure Reason (selections)
Arthur Schopenhauer, On the Variety and Suffering of Life (selections)
John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism (selections)
Henry Sidgwick, Happiness and Duty
Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Uses and Disadvantages of History for Life (selections)
Jean-Paul Sartre, Forlornness
PART II. CONTEMPORARY THEORIES
A. Happiness as Pleasure
Wayne Davis, Pleasure and Happiness
Daniel Haybron, Why Hedonism Is False
B. Happiness as Satisfaction
John Kekes, Attitudinal and Episodic Happiness
Wladyslaw Tatarkiewicz, Happiness and Time
C. Happiness as More Than Satisfaction
Richard Kraut, Two Conceptions of Happiness
Richard Taylor, Virtue Ethics
Robert Nozick, The Experience Machine
Julia Annas, Happiness as Achievement
D. Happiness and Virtue
Julia Annas, Virtue and Eudaimonism
Steven M. Cahn and Jeffrie G. Murphy, Happiness and Immorality
Christine Vitrano, Happiness and Morality
