The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Well-Being (Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy)

<p>The concept of well-being is one of the oldest and most important topics in philosophy and ethics, going back to ancient Greek philosophy. Following the boom in happiness studies in the last few years it has moved to centre stage, grabbing media headlines and the attention of scientists, psychologists and economists. Yet little is actually known about well-being and it is an idea that is often poorly articulated.</p><p>The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Well-Being provides a comprehensive, outstanding guide and reference source to the key topics and debates in this exciting subject.</p><p>Comprising over 40 chapters by a team of international contributors, the <i>Handbook</i> is divided into six parts:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>well-being in the history of philosophy</li> <li>current theories of well-being, including hedonism and perfectionism</li> <li>examples of well-being and its opposites, including friendship and virtue and pain and death</li> <li>theoretical issues, such as well-being and value, harm, identity and well-being and children</li> <li>well-being in moral and political philosophy</li> <li>well-being and related subjects, including law, economics and medicine.</li> </ul><p>Essential reading for students and researchers in ethics and political philosophy, it is also an invaluable resource for those in related disciplines such as psychology, politics and sociology.</p> <p>Introduction <em>Guy Fletcher</em></p><p><strong>Part 1: Well-Being in the History of Moral Philosophy </strong></p><p>1. Plato <i>Eric Brown </i></p><p>2. Aristotle on Well-Being <i>Richard Kraut </i></p><p>3. Hedonistic Theories of Well Being in Antiquity <i>Tim O’Keefe </i></p><p>4. Well-Being and Confucianism <i>Richard Kim </i></p><p>5. Well-Being and Daoism <i>Justin Tiwald </i></p><p>6. Well-Being in the Buddhist tradition <i>Christopher Gowans </i></p><p>7. Well-Being in the Christian tradition <i>William Lauinger </i></p><p>8. The Later British Moralists <i>Robert Shaver </i></p><p><strong>Part 2: Theories of Well-Being</strong> </p><p>9. Hedonism <i>Alex Gregory </i></p><p>10. Perfectionism <i>Gwen Bradford </i></p><p>11. Desire-Fulfilment theory <i>Chris Heathwood </i></p><p>12. Objective List Theory <i>Guy Fletcher </i></p><p>13. Hybrid Theories <i>Chris Woodard </i></p><p>14. Subject-Sensitive theories <i>Alicia Hall and Valerie Tiberius </i></p><p>15. Eudaimonism <i>Lorraine Besser-Jones </i></p><p><b>Part 3: Particular Goods and Bads </b></p><p>16. Pleasure <i>Ben Bramble </i></p><p>17. Pain <i>Guy Kahane </i></p><p>18. Health, Disability, and Well-Being <i>Drew Schroeder </i></p><p>19. Friendship <i>Diane Jeske</i> </p><p>20. Virtue <i>Anne Baril </i></p><p>21. Epistemic Goods <i>Allan Hazlett </i></p><p>22. Achievements <i>Gwen Bradford and Simon Keller </i></p><p>23. Meaningfulness <i>Antti Kauppinen </i></p><p>24. Needs <i>Marco Grix and Philip McKibbin </i></p><p>25. Happiness <i>Neera Badhwar </i></p><p>26. Death <i>Ben Bradley </i></p><p><b>Part 4: Theoretical Issues </b></p><p>27. Monism and Pluralism <i>Eden Lin </i></p><p>28. Atomism and Holism in the Theory of Personal Well-Being <i>Jason Raibley </i></p><p>29. The Experience Machine and the Experience Requirement <i>Jennifer Hawkins </i></p><p>30. Children’s Well-being A Philosophical Analysis <i>Anthony Skelton </i></p><p>31. Well-Being and Animals <em>Christopher Rice</em> </p><p>32.<em> </em>The Science of Well-Being <i>Anna Alexandrova </i></p><p>33. The Concept of Well-Being <i>Steve Campbell </i></p><p><b>Part 5:</b><i> </i><b>Well-Being in Moral and Political Philosophy </b></p><p>34. Welfarism <i>Dale Dorsey</i></p><p>35. Well-Being and the Non-Identity Problem <i>Molly Gardner </i></p><p>36. Well-Being, Paternalism, Autonomy <i>Sarah Conly </i></p><p>37. Well-Being and Disadvantage <i>Jonathan Wolff and Doug Reeve </i></p><p>38. Feminism and Well-Being <i>Jules Holroyd </i></p><p><b>Part 6: Well-being and other disciplines </b></p><p>39. Well-Being and Law <i>Alex Sarch </i></p><p>40. Well-Being and Economics <i>Erik Angner </i></p><p>41. Medicine and Well-Being <em>Daniel Groll.</em> </p><p><em>Index</em></p>