2015
DOI: 10.1142/s0217590815400019
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Some Conceptual and Methodological Issues on Happiness: Lessons From Evolutionary Biology

Abstract: Despite recent intense interest, happiness studies have been impeded by some conceptual and methodological problems, including viewing happiness (well-being/welfare) as different over different persons, as relative, multi-dimensional, non-cardinally measurable, interpersonally non-comparable and using non-cardinal and interpersonally non-comparable methods of happiness measurement. Using the evolutionary biology of happiness, this paper argues that happiness is absolute, universal, and unidimensional and is al… Show more

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“…Yew-Kwang Ng returned to the field (Chen et al, 2017;Ng, 1996Ng, , 1997Ng, , 1999aNg, , 1999bNg, , 2001Ng, , 2002aNg, , 2002bNg, , 2003Ng, , 2008Ng, , 2022Ng & Ho, 2006;Ng, 2015;Ye et al, 2015) and Easterlin, alongside with the edition of the Critical Writings on Happiness in Economics, has been publishing articles on happiness (see Easterlin [2001aEasterlin [ , 2001bEasterlin [ , 2002aEasterlin [ , 2002bEasterlin [ , 2003aEasterlin [ , 2003bEasterlin [ , 2005Easterlin [ , 2006Easterlin [ , 2009Easterlin [ , 2013Easterlin [ , 2017Easterlin [ , 2019. Richard Layard rediscovered the topic of economics of happiness.…”
Section: Robert Frank Is An Ethics and Publicmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Yew-Kwang Ng returned to the field (Chen et al, 2017;Ng, 1996Ng, , 1997Ng, , 1999aNg, , 1999bNg, , 2001Ng, , 2002aNg, , 2002bNg, , 2003Ng, , 2008Ng, , 2022Ng & Ho, 2006;Ng, 2015;Ye et al, 2015) and Easterlin, alongside with the edition of the Critical Writings on Happiness in Economics, has been publishing articles on happiness (see Easterlin [2001aEasterlin [ , 2001bEasterlin [ , 2002aEasterlin [ , 2002bEasterlin [ , 2003aEasterlin [ , 2003bEasterlin [ , 2005Easterlin [ , 2006Easterlin [ , 2009Easterlin [ , 2013Easterlin [ , 2017Easterlin [ , 2019. Richard Layard rediscovered the topic of economics of happiness.…”
Section: Robert Frank Is An Ethics and Publicmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As the degree of hungriness varies continuously, you must be able to compare on a one-dimensional scale to choose in a way consistent with fitness maximization. What contributes to fitness (survival and reproduction) more should also yield more happiness to ensure that choices based on welfare maximization by an individual of a rational species are also roughly consistent with fitness maximization (Ng 1995(Ng , 2015.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Not only is interpersonal comparison of happiness possible (though with difficulties if precision is required), even interspecies comparison is also possible. (For more details, see Ng 1995Ng , 2015Carpendale 2015. ) On the other hand, the emergence of more species capable of making flexible choices made the environment more complex.…”
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