2015
Overall satisfaction with life
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Subjective approaches (1)
Abstract
A good society is first of all a livable society and the livability of a society manifests in the life
satisfaction of its members. Therefore improving society requires an understanding of life
satisfaction, in particularly it requires to answer the following seven questions: 1) What is life
satisfaction precisely? 2) Can life satisfaction be measured? 3) How satisfied are people
presently with their life? 4) How do we assess how satisfied we are? 5) What conditions add to
life-satisfaction? 6) Can life satisfaction be raised lastingly? 7) Should life-satisfaction be
raised? Throughout the ages philosophers have toiled with these questions, and since the 1960's they have been subjected to empirical research. In this chapter we take stock of the progress that has been
made in this field
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| doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9178-6_9, hdl.handle.net/1765/78532 | |
| Organisation | Erasmus School of Economics |
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Veenhoven, R. (2015). Overall satisfaction with life. In The Global handbook of Quality of Life: Explorations of well-being in nations and continents (pp. 207–238). doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9178-6_9 |
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