This article surveys some of the main theories of well‐being, with an emphasis on work published since the turn of the century.doi:10.1111/phc3.12812Eden LinThe Ohio State University,Columbus,Ohio,USAJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Philosophy Compass...
Focus on the ‘whole’ child:Progressive educators focus on teaching children artistic and creative endeavors as well as intellectual content. The student needs to be knowledgeable on a wide range of topics to be raised with a broad-based ‘liberal education’ that will prepare them to be critic...
Synonyms Flourishing ; Happiness ; Prudential value ; Utility ; Welfare Definition Well-being is what is achieved by someone living a life that is good for him or her. A life replete with well-being is a prudentially good life, but not necessarily a morally good life. Philosophical theories...
Well-being is an important idea in moral philosophy. For utilitarians, well-being is what we ought to maximize. For deontologists, well-being is the goal of our duty to help other people. For virtue ethicists, it is the target of the virtue of beneficence. Given how important an idea ...
Volume 6, Issue 3, pages 213–215, June 2005 Additional Information How to Cite Bloodworth, A. (2005), Theories of well-being. Nursing Philosophy, 6: 213–215. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-769X.2005.00220.x Author Information University of Wales, Swansea Publication History Issue published online: ...
In the final chapter, I sketch an account of child well-being. On this account, the nature of well-being for a child changes as the child develops. I argue that during infancy and early childhood, the major determinant of well-being is the affective quality of the child's subjective ...
This paper addresses issues of causal direction in research on subjective well-being (SWB). Previous researchers have generally assumed that such variables as domain satisfactions, social support, life events, and levels of expectation and aspiration are causes of SWB. Critics have pointed out that ...
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Cite this entry (2023). Lay Theories of Well-Being. In: Maggino, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17299-1_302384 Download citation .ENW .BIB
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