John M. Doris presents a new account of agency and responsibility, which reconciles our
understanding of ourselves as moral agents with psychological research on the …

Background Best interests is a ubiquitous principle in medical policy and practice, informing
the treatment of both children and adults. Yet theory underlying the concept of best interests …

Happiness is an everyday term in our lives, and most of us strive to be happy. But defining
happiness can be difficult. In this Very Short Introduction, Dan Haybron considers the true …

Well-being occupies a central role in ethics and political philosophy, including in major
theories such as utilitarianism. It also extends far beyond philosophy: recent studies into the …

Purpose Measurement of financial well-being has remained a challenge for the
governments for a long time. This paper responds to this challenge by taking an integrative …

The value of true belief has played a central role in history of philosophy—consider
Socrates' slogan that the unexamined life is not worth living, and Aristotle's claim that …

In Happiness for Humans, Daniel C. Russell takes a fresh look at happiness from a practical
perspective: the perspective of someone trying to solve the wonderful problem of how to give …

It is a commonly expressed sentiment that the science and philosophy of well-being would
do well to learn from each other. Typically such calls identify mistakes and bad practices on …

According to hedonism about well-being, lives can go well or poorly for us just in virtue of
our ability to feel pleasure and pain. Hedonism has had many advocates historically, but has …

Many teachers want to contribute to children's moral development, but this desire has not
always resulted in a profound grasp of what'moral education'really means, why it would be …