Happy-People-Pills For All
Blackwell Public Philosophy Series
1. Edition April 2013
296 Pages, Softcover
General Reading
Short Description
Happy-People-Pills for All explores current theories of happiness while demonstrating the need to develop advanced pharmacological agents for the enhancement of our capacity for happiness and wellbeing. The controversial yet rigorous argument demonstrates the moral imperative for the development and mass distribution of 'happy-pills', to promote the wellbeing of the individual and society. Bringing together the philosophy, psychology, and biology of happiness, the book maps the development of the next generation of positive mood pharmacology.
Happy-People-Pills for All explores current theories of happiness while demonstrating the need to develop advanced pharmacological agents for the enhancement of our capacity for happiness and wellbeing.
* Presents the first detailed exploration of the enhancement of happiness
* A controversial yet rigorous argument that demonstrates the moral imperative for the development and mass distribution of 'happy-pills', to promote the wellbeing of the individual and society
* Brings together the philosophy, psychology and biology of happiness
* Maps the development of the next generation of positive mood pharmacology
* Offers a corrective to contemporary accounts of happiness
1 Introductory 1
2 What is Living and What is Dead in Brave New World 19
3 What DoWe Mean by 'Happiness'? 41
4 The Elements of the Good Life: It is a Very Big List 72
5 Wellbeing and Virtue 100
6 Happiness Promotes Perfection 120
7 Happy Pharmacology 155
8 Arguments for Happy-People-Pills 187
9 Ethical Objections 206
10 Happy-People-Pills and Public Policy 233
Index 273
