{"product_id":"well-being-happiness-in-a-worthwhile-life-9780195323276","title":"Well-Being: Happiness in a Worthwhile Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Neera K. Badhwar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ethics \u0026amp; Moral Philosophy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a new argument for the ancient claim that well-being as the highest prudential good -- \u003cem\u003eeudaimonia\u003c\/em\u003e --consists of happiness in a virtuous life. The argument takes into account recent work on happiness, well-being, and virtue, and defends a neo-Aristotelian conception of virtue as an integrated intellectual-emotional disposition that is limited in both scope and stability. This conception of virtue is argued to be widely held and compatible with social and cognitive psychology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47890665603223,"sku":"9780195323276","price":9170.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780195323276.webp?v=1781180856","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/well-being-happiness-in-a-worthwhile-life-9780195323276","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}