Eudaimonia and the economics of happiness

In this paper I discuss the major approaches to happiness in the economics of happiness: hedonism and life-satisfaction approaches. It is possible to identify a tension between two important principles in this literature: 1) individuals are the best judges of their own happiness, and 2) the purpose...

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Autores:
Melo Arias, Santiago
Tipo de recurso:
Work document
Fecha de publicación:
2011
Institución:
Universidad de los Andes
Repositorio:
Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/8222
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/1992/8222
Palabra clave:
Happiness
Hedonism
Life-satisfaction approaches
Aristotle
Seneca
Aim and scope of economics
Filosofía de la economía
Felicidad - Aspectos económicos
Bienestar personal - Aspectos económicos
Economía - Aspectos psicológicos
A11, A13, B11
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/