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Happiness and virtue ethics in business : the ultimate value proposition /

"Research on happiness has steadily increased over the last decade, with different streams of inquiry converging into what has come to be known as 'modern happiness studies' (MHS). In this book, Alejo José G. Sison draws on the latest research in economics and psychology as well as A...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sison, Alejo G. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the ultimate value proposition
  • Modern happiness studies and "individual subjective wellbeing" : you only get what you measure
  • Happiness and income : how much happiness can money buy?
  • Choice, desire, and pleasure : is happiness getting what you want or wanting what you get?
  • The biotechnology of happiness : not just a "quick fix"
  • Working on happiness
  • Happiness, politics, and religion : now and at the hour of our death
  • Aristotelian virtue ethics : the forgotten philosophical tradition on happiness
  • Conclusion : learning to be happy.