Philosophy of well-being for the Social Sciences: A primer

Guy Fletcher

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Philosophy of well-being for the Social Sciences: A primer

Guy Fletcher

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

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In this chapter I try to provide an introduction to philosophical work on well-being. I explain the specific kinds of questions that philosophers are interested in when it comes to well-being. I then seek to explain the role of thought experiments in philosophical work on well-being. I explain why such cases are useful, and non-gratuitous, and the methodological assumptions that underlie their use. Finally, I explain how philosophers seek to preserve a common subject matter for debate—well-being—even in the presence of radical disagreement about which theory is correct.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Measuring Well-Being
Subtitle of host publication	Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Social Sciences and the Humanities
Editors	Matthew T. Lee, Laura D. Kubzansky, Tyler J. VanderWeele
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Chapter	7
Pages	217-228
ISBN (Electronic)	9780197512562
ISBN (Print)	9780197512531
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197512531.001.0001
Publication status	Published - 2021

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