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Against Happiness

By Owen Flanagan, Joseph E. LeDoux, Bobby Bingle, Daniel M. Haybron, Batja Mesquita, Michele Moody-Adams, Songyao Ren, Anna Sun, Yolonda Y. Wilson, Jennifer A. Frey (With), Hazel Rose Markus (With), Jeffrey D. Sachs (With), Jeanne L. Tsai (With)
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By Owen Flanagan, Joseph E. LeDoux, Bobby Bingle, Daniel M. Haybron, Batja Mesquita, Michele Moody-Adams, Songyao Ren, Anna Sun, Yolonda Y. Wilson, Jennifer A. Frey (With), Hazel Rose Markus (With), Jeffrey D. Sachs (With), Jeanne L. Tsai (With)
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The “happiness agenda” is a worldwide movement that claims that happiness is the highest good, happiness can be measured, and public policy should promote happiness. Against Happiness is a thorough and powerful critique of this program, revealing the flaws of its concept of happiness and advocating a renewed focus on equality and justice.

Written by an interdisciplinary team of authors, this book provides both theoretical and empirical analysis of the limitations of the happiness agenda. The...

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PhilosophyMajor Branches of Philosophical StudyEthics & Moral PhilosophyEthics & Moral Philosophy - Theoretical