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Happiness--Concept, Measurement and Promotion.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ng, Yew-Kwang.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • References
  • Contents
  • About the Author
  • 1 What is Happiness? Why is Happiness Important?
  • 1.1 What is Happiness?
  • 1.2 Why is Happiness Important?
  • References
  • 2 Happiness Versus Preference
  • References
  • 3 Some Conceptual Mistakes About Happiness
  • 3.1 Why Do We Have Happiness?
  • 3.2 Common Mistakes About Happiness
  • References
  • 4 Happiness or Life Satisfaction?
  • References
  • 5 Happiness as the Only Intrinsic Value
  • 5.1 Happiness as the Only Intrinsic Value
  • 5.2 Answering Some Objections
  • 5.3 Rejecting Kant's Categorical Imperatives
  • 5.4 A Critique of Rawls
  • References
  • 6 Happiness Measurability and Interpersonal Comparability
  • 6.1 Happiness is Cardinally Measurable and Interpersonally Comparable
  • 6.2 How Could the Measurement of Happiness be Improved?
  • References
  • 7 Does Money Buy Happiness?
  • References
  • 8 Environmentally Responsible Happy Nation Index: A Proposed National Success Indicator
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Revising the Measurement of Happy Life Years
  • 8.3 Towards an International Acceptable National Success Indicator
  • 8.4 Estimating the Environmentally Responsible Happy Nation Index
  • 8.5 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • 9 Age and Happiness
  • 9.1 The U-shape Relation of Age and Happiness
  • 9.2 The Delay in Sleep/wake Cycles of Teenagers: Ultimate Reason and Implications
  • 9.3 Chapter Appendix. Methodology
  • References
  • 10 Factors Affecting Happiness
  • 10.1 Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
  • 10.2 The Four F's of Happiness
  • 10.3 Important Factors at the Social Level
  • References
  • 11 How Do You Increase Your Happiness?
  • References
  • 12 Stimulating Our Brains and Transforming Our Selves
  • 12.1 Stimulating the Pleasure Centers in Our Brains
  • 12.2 Genetic Engineering and Our Own Transformation
  • References.
  • 13 The East-Asian Happiness Gap: Causes and Implications
  • 13.1 The East-Asian Happiness Gap
  • 13.2 Some Reflections
  • 13.2.1 Why Still the Rat-Race for Money?
  • 13.2.2 The East Asian Happiness Gap: Its Causes
  • 13.3 Some Implications
  • References
  • 14 Implications for Public Policy
  • References
  • 15 A Case for Higher Public Spending
  • 15.1 Economists Overestimate the Costs of Public Spending
  • 15.2 Specific Areas of Deficient Public Spending
  • 15.3 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • 16 Animal Welfare: Beyond Human Happiness
  • References
  • Appendix A Resolving Some Moral Philosophical Controversies
  • Appendix B Happiness as the Only Intrinsic Value: Further Opposing Arguments Considered
  • Appendix C The Necessity of Cardinal Welfare for Rational Agents/Organisms
  • Appendix D A Problem in Happiness Measurement
  • Appendix E A Solution of the Moral Philosophical Problem of Optimal Population Size
  • References.

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