Freedom and Flourishing
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Should schools and universities teach students how to be happy?
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This question arose from the education chapter of ‘The politics of happiness’, by Derek Bok. I wrote some general comments about this book i...
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Would the politics of happiness be any better than what we have now?
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While reading the first few chapters of Derek Bok’s recent book, ‘The politics of happiness’, I thought its main contribution would be to he...
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Does identity economics predict happiness in different societies?
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The key idea of 'identity economics' - as discussed in the recent book of that name by George Akerlof and Rachel Kranton - is that p...
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Why should we be concerned that paternalism will foster dependency?
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While reading the current discussion of ‘ Slippery slopes and the new paternalism’ on Cato Unbound the thought occurred to me that the slip...
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