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Happiness and virtue ethics in business : the ultimate value proposition / Alejo José G. Sison.

By: Sison, Alejo Jose G [author.].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015Description: xvi, 301 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781107044630; 1107044634.Subject(s): Happiness -- Economic aspects | Economics -- Psychological aspects | Well-beingDDC classification: 158.7 LOC classification: BF575.H27 | S58 2015Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only
Contents:
Introduction : the ultimate value proposition -- Modern happiness studies and "individual subjective wellbeing" : you only get what you measure -- Happiness and income : how much happiness can money buy? -- Choice, desire, and pleasure : is happiness getting what you want or wanting what you get? -- The biotechnology of happiness : not just a "quick fix" -- Working on happiness -- Happiness, politics, and religion : now and at the hour of our death -- Aristotelian virtue ethics : the forgotten philosophical tradition on happiness -- Conclusion : learning to be happy.
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[IBDP] [IBDP] Christ Junior College - IB
Theory of Knowledge
IB DIPLOMA 158.7 SIS (Browse shelf) Available 22000316

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the ultimate value proposition -- Modern happiness studies and "individual subjective wellbeing" : you only get what you measure -- Happiness and income : how much happiness can money buy? -- Choice, desire, and pleasure : is happiness getting what you want or wanting what you get? -- The biotechnology of happiness : not just a "quick fix" -- Working on happiness -- Happiness, politics, and religion : now and at the hour of our death -- Aristotelian virtue ethics : the forgotten philosophical tradition on happiness -- Conclusion : learning to be happy.

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