A useful resource for anybody interested in contemporary thinking on happiness, Philosophy and Happiness encompasses a variety of philosophical traditions and draws from empirical work in psychology and economics to answer some of the oldest, and most pressing, questions about what contributes to individual well-being and life satisfaction.

ERIK ANGNER Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Economics and Director of the PPE Program, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA HAVI CAREL Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of the West of England, UK JOHN COTTINGHAM Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading and an Honorary Fellow of St John's College Oxford, UK ELAINE DUNCAN Lecturer in Division of Psychology, School of Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK and Principal Consultant Psychologist, the Centre for Confidence and Wellbeing in Glasgow, UK JORDI FERN NDEZ Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Adelaide, Australia ILARIA GRAZZANI-GAVAZZI Associate Professor in Developmental Psychology, Department of Human Sciences, Universita di Milano Bicocca, Italy JOHN HARRIS Lord Alliance Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Institute of Science, Ethics and Innovation, School of Law, University of Manchester, UK LAURENCE JAMES works in ethics and has a special interest in the meaning of life IAIN LAW Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Birmingham, UK JAMES LENMAN Professor of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, UK MIKE W. MARTIN Professor of Philosophy, Chapman University in Orange, California, USA THADDEUS METZ Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Wits Centre for Ethics (WICE), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa MUIREANN QUIGLEY Lecturer in Bioethics, Centre for Social Ethics and Policy and the Institute of Science, Ethics, and Innovation, School of Law, University of Manchester, UK USHA KIRAN SUBBA works in the Department of Psychology at Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu, Nepal PEDRO ALEXIS TABENSKY Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Rhodes University, South Africa VALERIE TIBERIUS Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, USA EDOARDO ZAMUNER Research Associate, Institute of Neuroesthetics, University College, London, UK

About the Author
ERIK ANGNER Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Economics and Director of the PPE Program, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA HAVI CAREL Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of the West of England, UK JOHN COTTINGHAM Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading and an Honorary Fellow of St John's College Oxford, UK ELAINE DUNCAN Lecturer in Division of Psychology, School of Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK and Principal Consultant Psychologist, the Centre for Confidence and Wellbeing in Glasgow, UK JORDI FERNANDEZ Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Adelaide, Australia ILARIA GRAZZANI-GAVAZZI Associate Professor in Developmental Psychology, Department of Human Sciences, Universita di Milano Bicocca, Italy JOHN HARRIS Lord Alliance Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Institute of Science, Ethics and Innovation, School of Law, University of Manchester, UK LAURENCE JAMES works in ethics and has a special interest in the meaning of life IAIN LAW Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Birmingham, UK JAMES LENMAN Professor of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, UK MIKE W. MARTIN Professor of Philosophy, Chapman University in Orange, California, USA THADDEUS METZ Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Wits Centre for Ethics (WICE), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa MUIREANN QUIGLEY Lecturer in Bioethics, Centre for Social Ethics and Policy and the Institute of Science, Ethics, andInnovation, School of Law, University of Manchester, UK USHA KIRAN SUBBA works in the Department of Psychology at Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu, Nepal PEDRO ALEXIS TABENSKY Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Rhodes University, South Africa VALERIE TIBERIUS Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, USA EDOARDO ZAMUNER Research Associate, Institute of Neuroesthetics, University College, London, UK

Reviews

'Individually, the chapters in this book are all of a high quality and can stand on their own, but when read together an interesting dialogue emerges that shows how investigations proceeding from different starting points can work together to reveal a clearer picture of what it is we are studying...A rewarding and thought-provoking read, it proposes some intriguing answers and, perhaps even more importantly, raises still further questions that can help direct our investigations into the elusive nature of happiness.' - International Journal of Well-Being

Book Information
ISBN 9780230224292
Author L. Bortolotti
Format Hardback
Page Count 258
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan