Well-Being Happiness in a Worthwhile Life
Well-Being Happiness in a Worthwhile Life
- ISBN 13:
9780190682071
- ISBN 10:
0190682078
- Edition: Reprint
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 04/01/2017
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary
The main argument of the book is as follows: (i) the concept of well-being as the highest prudential good is internally coherent and widely held; (ii) well-being thus conceived requires an objectively worthwhile life; (iii) in turn, such a life requires autonomy and reality-orientation, i.e., a disposition to think for oneself, seek truth or understanding about important aspects of one's own life and human life in general, and act on this understanding when circumstances permit; (iv) to the extent that someone is successful in achieving understanding and acting on it, she is realistic, and to the extent that she is realistic, she is virtuous; (v) hence, well-being as the highest prudential good requires virtue. But complete virtue is impossible for both psychological and epistemic reasons, and this is one reason why complete well-being is impossible.