Happy-People-Pills For All HARDBACK [Walker - Wiley - Blackwell]

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- ISBN/EAN
- 9781118357385
- Editore
- Wiley - Blackwell
- Formato
- Cartonato
- Anno
- 2013
- Pagine
- 296
Disponibile
68,70 €
Happy-People-Pills for All explores current theories of happiness while demonstrating the need to develop advanced pharmacological agents for the enhancement of our capacity for happiness and wellbeing.
Presents the first detailed exploration of the enhancement of happiness
A controversial yet rigorous argument that demonstrates the moral imperative for the development and mass distribution of ‘happy-pills’, to promote the wellbeing of the individual and society
Brings together the philosophy, psychology and biology of happiness
Maps the development of the next generation of positive mood pharmacology
Offers a corrective to contemporary accounts of happiness
Maggiori Informazioni
| Autore | Walker Mark |
|---|---|
| Editore | Wiley - Blackwell |
| Anno | 2013 |
| Tipologia | Libro |
| Lingua | Inglese |
| Indice | 1 Introductory 1 2 What is Living and What is Dead in Brave New World 19 3 What DoWe Mean by ‘Happiness’? 41 4 The Elements of the Good Life: It is a Very Big List 72 5 Wellbeing and Virtue 100 6 Happiness Promotes Perfection 120 7 Happy Pharmacology 155 8 Arguments for Happy-People-Pills 187 9 Ethical Objections 206 10 Happy-People-Pills and Public Policy 233 Index 273 |
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