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Happiness, Ethics and Economics.
Despite decades of empirical happiness research, there is still little evidence for the positive effect of economic growth on life satisfaction. This poses a major challenge to welfare economic theory and to normative conceptions of socio-economic development. This book endeavours to explain these f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Routledge
2011.
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| Colección: | Routledge frontiers of political economy ;
142. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Despite decades of empirical happiness research, there is still little evidence for the positive effect of economic growth on life satisfaction. This poses a major challenge to welfare economic theory and to normative conceptions of socio-economic development. This book endeavours to explain these findings and to make sense of their ethical implications.While most of the existing literature on empirical happiness research is ultimately interested in understanding how to improve human lives and societal development, the ethical backdrop against which these findings are evaluate. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (204) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-178) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781136808579 1136808574 9780415584043 0415584043 9780203828472 020382847X 1283103796 9781283103794 9786613103796 6613103799 1136808582 9781136808586 |