Happiness, morality, and freedom / Arthur Melnick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Melnick, Arthur, author.

Series:

Studies in moral philosophy ; Volume 8.

Studies in Moral Philosophy, 2211-2014 ; Volume 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Happiness.

Ethics.

Liberty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To be happy is to be emotionally and evaluatively satisfied with one’s life according to a standard of satisfaction one can claim as one’s own as a reasoning being. Since there is no definitive proof of what the standard of satisfaction is, being open to the devising and testing of standards by others is part of claiming one’s own standard as a reasoning being. This open-ness is equivalent to being open to and hence respecting and caring for the pursuit of happiness of others. Since such respect and care is what it is to be moral, it follows that one cannot be happy without being moral.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Happiness as Endorsed Contentment

The Final Good and the Final End

Reason and True Happiness

The Happiness of Others

The Fundamental Principle of Morality

The Content of the Fundamental Principle

Other Accounts of Morality

Freedom, Deliberation, and the Self

Freedom, Ultimate Power, and Ultimate Responsibility

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-28321-8

OCLC:

894300322

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004283213 DOI