What do we Want from a Theory of Happiness?

Haybron, Daniel M.

doi:10.1111/1467-9973.00275

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“…The concept of happiness, alongside social capital, has played a key role in recent social sciences studies and has been applied more frequently (2). According to Haybron (2003), there are 4 reasons which encourage social scientists to study the concept of happiness: its significance in decision-making, evaluation of family's position, prediction of behavioral patterns, and explaining behaviors (3).…”

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Social Capital and Happiness Among Health Sector Personnel in Iran

Ghasemi

Gilan

Reshadat

et al. 2017

Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci

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Background: Happiness and its associated factors are of critical importance in human health. Objectives: This study was conducted to examine the association between social capital (social relations) and happiness among health personnel in Iran. Methods: In this cross sectional study, 537 health personnel were selected from the West of Iran through stratified random sampling. The study tools included a demographic checklist, a social relations questionnaire, and Oxford happiness inventory (OHI). For statistical analysis, independent t test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation test, and multiple regression analysis were performed, using SPSS version 18 and AMOS software. Results: Among happiness dimensions, the mean score of "sense of vitality" was significantly higher in men, compared to women (P < 0.05). The results of multiple regression analysis showed that family relations had the greatest direct effect on "life satisfaction" (β, 298; P < 0.01) and "positive affect" (β, 0.257; P < 0.01). Gender played a mediating role only between workplace relations and happiness (P = 0.004). In addition, canonical correlation analysis indicated that 23.5% of variance in the happiness components could be predicted by the components of social relations, based on the Wilks' lambda (0.765). Conclusions:The findings showed that family and family relations are still the most important sources of happiness. Reinforcement of social relations, as the central aspect of social capital, can play an essential role in increasing happiness in different social groups.

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Social Capital and Happiness Among Health Sector Personnel in Iran

Ghasemi

Gilan

Reshadat

et al. 2017

Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci

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“…Given that the notion of 'happiness' has vexed philosophers for centuries (Haybron, 2003), the lack of research in this area probably arises from problems in defining such an elusive, multifaceted concept. In health research happiness is often subsumed under the umbrella term 'Quality of Life' to indicate global life satisfaction and is therefore different from the momentary assessment of a subjective emotional state such as positive or negative mood.…”

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Do ex-smokers report feeling happier following cessation? Evidence from a cross-sectional survey

Shahab¹,

West²

2009

Nicotine &Amp; Tobacco Research

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“…There is a huge philosophical, psychological and economic literature aiming at defining the constituents of happiness (for recent examples, Haybron, 2000;Haybron, 2003;Simsek, 2008) and at identifying the moral norms for individuals to achieve it (for recent examples, Degli Antoni, 2009; Konow and Earley, 2008;Martin, 2008;Binswanger, 2006;Kaun, 2005). The first purpose of this paper is to provide a simple analytical model in order to summarise the main features of happiness and the main ethical approaches suggested in the literature, under very general assumptions.…”

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Which Ethics Will Make us Individually and Socially Happier? A Cross-Culture and Cross-Development Analytical Model

Zagonari

2009

J Happiness Stud

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This paper provides an analytical model representing four polar ethical approaches, by linking them to the main ethics suggested by the philosophical, psychological, and socio-economic literature. Moreover, it develops the analytical model in order to obtain rankings of the 4 polar ethical approaches in terms of happiness and, consequently, to provide insights on which ethical approach should be adopted by each individual, according to his characteristics (income level, in DCs or in LDCs, aspiration level): some dynamics are predicted, if the Golden and the Copper rules are applied. Finally, this paper provides insights on which ethical approach should be adopted by each society, according to its characteristics (DCs or LDCs, social distribution of aspiration levels), by predicting happiness levels in alternative countries, according to the prevailing ethics, and by comparing these predictions with the observed happiness levels, in order to provide an empirical test of the analytical model: some dynamics are predicted, with non-Protestant DCs moving to higher, and Protestant DCs towards lower, happiness levels (conditioned to the per capita income), due to the increasing and decreasing rejection of the Golden and Copper rules, respectively, and with LDCs moving to lower (conditioned to the increasing per capita income) in the short-run and higher happiness levels in the long run, by establishing and entertaining conditions that set clear incentives for moral behaviour, in order to increase and decrease the adoption of the Golden and Copper rules, respectively. 2

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What do we Want from a Theory of Happiness?

Cited by 78 publications

References 22 publications

Social Capital and Happiness Among Health Sector Personnel in Iran

Social Capital and Happiness Among Health Sector Personnel in Iran

Do ex-smokers report feeling happier following cessation? Evidence from a cross-sectional survey

Which Ethics Will Make us Individually and Socially Happier? A Cross-Culture and Cross-Development Analytical Model

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