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Well-Being: Its Meaning, Measurement, and Moral Importance (Clarendon Paperbacks)

By James Griffin

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1989
ISBN
0198248431, 9780198248439
DOI
10.1093/0198248431.001.0001
Open Library ID
OL18434570M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3484776 bytes)
Pages
424\299
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

"Well-being," "welfare," "utility," and "quality of life" all closely related concepts, are at the center of morality, politics, law, and economics. Griffin's book, while primarily a volume of moral philosophy, is relevant to all of these subjects. Griffin offers answers to three central questions about well-being: the best way to understand it, whether or not it can be measured, and where it should fit in moral and political thought. With its breadth of investigation and depth of insight, this work holds significance for philosophers as well as for those interested in political and economic theory and jurisprudence.

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