Happiness, morality, and freedom [electronic resource] / by Arthur Melnick.
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TextSeries: Studies in moral philosophy: Publisher: Boston : Brill, 2014Description: 1 online resource (xii, 212 p.)ISBN: 9004283218; 9789004283213Subject(s): Ethics | Happiness | Liberty | Ethics | Happiness | LibertyAdditional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 170 LOC classification: BJ1481 | .M47 2014Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | URL | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Happiness, Morality, and Freedom; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; PART 1:Happiness; 1 Happiness as Endorsed Contentment; 2 The Final Good and the Final End; 3 Reason and True Happiness; 4 The Happiness of Others; PART 2: Morality; 5 The Fundamental Principle of Morality; 6 The Content of the Fundamental Principle; 7 Other Accounts of Morality; PART 3: Freedom; 8 Freedom, Deliberation, and the Self; 9 Freedom, Ultimate Power, and Ultimate Responsibility; Bibliography; Index.
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To be happy is to be satisfied with one's life according to a standard that one can claim as a reasonable being. Being moral and being held morally responsible are shown to be essential to being happy in this sense.