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Happiness--concept, measurement and promotion / Yew-Kwang Ng.

9789813349728 (electronic bk.)
9813349727 (electronic bk.)
9789813349711 (print)

Singapore : Springer, [2022]

English

1 online resource (xv, 183 pages) : illustrations (some color)

10.1007/978-981-33-4972-8 doi

BF575.H27

152.4/2

This open access book defines happiness intuitively and explores several common conceptual mistakes with regard to happiness. It then moves on to address topical issues including, but not limited to, whether money can buy you happiness, why happiness is ultimately the only thing of intrinsic value, and the various factors important for happiness. It also presents a more reliable and interpersonally comparable method for measuring happiness and discusses twelve factors, from A to L, that are crucial for individual happiness: attitude, balance, confidence, dignity, engagement, family/friends, gratitude, health, ideals, joyfulness, kindness and love. Further, it examines important public policy considerations, taking into account recent advances in economics, the environmental sciences, and happiness studies. Novel issues discussed include: an environmentally responsible happy nation index to supplement GDP, the East Asian happiness gap, a case for stimulating pleasure centres of the brain, and an argument for higher public spending.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 16, 2021).

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