Happiness, ethics, and economics:
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adam_text | Table of contents
Preface ill
Index of figures viii
Index of tables viii
Summary ix
Zusammenfassung xi
1 Introduction 1
1.1 The problem 1
1.2 Research question 2
1.3 Perspective and methodology 3
1.4 Ambition and scope 4
1.5 Outline and reading guide 5
2 The evidence on happiness 7
2.1 From happiness to subjective well being (SWB) 9
2.1.1 Terminological distinctions 10
2.1.2 Psychometrical qualities of SWB measures 15
2.1.3 Language and Culture 18
2.2 Empirical evidence on the correlates of happiness 23
2.2.1 Income levels 28
2.2.2 Income growth 34
2.2.3 Income inequality 35
2.2.4 Employment status 36
2.2.5 Education 38
2.2.6 Gender 38
2.2.7 Marital Status 38
2.2.8 Parenting 39
2.2.9 Age 39
2.2.10 Personality Traits 40
2.2.11 Companionship 41
2.2.12 Institutions 41
2.2.13 Culture 42
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3 Interpreting the evidence 44
3.1 Frame of reference effect 47
3.1.1 Positional competition 49
3.1.2 Secondary Inflation 54
3.1.3 Adaptive aspirations 57
3.2 Endowment externalities 66
3.2.1 Accounts of endowment externalities 68
3.2.2 Inevitable vs. incidental externalities 69
3.2.3 Implications 70
3.3 Cognitive fallacies 71
3.3.1 Unanticipated adaptation 71
3.3.2 Focusing illusion 72
3.3.3 Memory bias 73
3.3.4 Beyond cognitive fallacies 74
3.4 Refining the perspective 75
3.4.1 Lasting gains 75
3.4.2 Culture 76
3.4.3 Idiosyncrasy 77
3.4.4 Indeterminacy 78
4 Happiness and ethics 80
4.1 Living well and living righteously: ethical questions require ethical answers 80
4.1.1 Leading a (so called) good life 84
4.1.2 The symmetry of human dignity 93
4.1.3 Legitimacy, public reason, and the indeterminacy of ethical judgments 98
4.2 A normative conception of happiness 102
4.2.1 Happiness between psychology and ethics 104
4.2.2 Happiness as a self transcendent phenomenon Ill
5 Happiness and good development 117
5.1 The idea of good development 117
5.1.1 The flourishing society: development towards what? 120
5.1.2 The just society: development for whom? 125
5.2 From principles to procedures: applying development ethics 129
5.3 A conception of good development and the role of happiness 135
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6 Happiness oriented societal development under the premise of democracy 147
6.1 Democracy and policy recommendations 147
6.2 The imputation of morality 153
6.3 How the happiness perspective could influence development paths 158
6.3.1 I The individual s construction of the world 160
6.3.2 II Educative effects 161
6.3.3 III The practice of public deliberation 163
6.3.4 IV Public policy 165
6.4 Limitations of the happiness perspective 171
7 Orientation for a knowledgeable world 173
7.1 What the happiness perspective can contribute to good development 173
7.2 Economic growth and good development 175
7.3 Concluding remarks 177
Bibliography 179
Curriculum vitae 195
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Index of figures
Figure 1 Construct validity and reliability 16
Figure 2 Individual cross section evidence; income and SWB in the U.S. in 1991 29
Figure 3 Cross country cross section evidence; income and SWB in 84 countries 31
Figure 4 National time series evidence; income and SWB in Japan 1958 2004 34
Figure 5 Stylized evidence 44
Figure 6 Deadweight loss from positional competition 53
Figure 7 Setpoint theory 58
Figure 8 Asymmetric adaptation 62
Figure 9 Loss aversion 63
Figure 10 Two dimensions of ethics 83
Figure 11 Annual hours worked per fully employed person, 1994 1997 168
Index of tables
Table 1 Classification of empirical happiness research 27
Table 2 Cross country cross section evidence 32
Table 3 Distinction between three frame of reference effects 64
Table 4 Two dimensions of ethics 83
Table 5 Classification of potential effects of the happiness perspective 159
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Table of contents
Preface ill
Index of figures viii
Index of tables viii
Summary ix
Zusammenfassung xi
1 Introduction 1
1.1 The problem 1
1.2 Research question 2
1.3 Perspective and methodology 3
1.4 Ambition and scope 4
1.5 Outline and reading guide 5
2 The evidence on happiness 7
2.1 From happiness to subjective well being (SWB) 9
2.1.1 Terminological distinctions 10
2.1.2 Psychometrical qualities of SWB measures 15
2.1.3 Language and Culture 18
2.2 Empirical evidence on the correlates of happiness 23
2.2.1 Income levels 28
2.2.2 Income growth 34
2.2.3 Income inequality 35
2.2.4 Employment status 36
2.2.5 Education 38
2.2.6 Gender 38
2.2.7 Marital Status 38
2.2.8 Parenting 39
2.2.9 Age 39
2.2.10 Personality Traits 40
2.2.11 Companionship 41
2.2.12 Institutions 41
2.2.13 Culture 42
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3 Interpreting the evidence 44
3.1 Frame of reference effect 47
3.1.1 Positional competition 49
3.1.2 Secondary Inflation 54
3.1.3 Adaptive aspirations 57
3.2 Endowment externalities 66
3.2.1 Accounts of endowment externalities 68
3.2.2 Inevitable vs. incidental externalities 69
3.2.3 Implications 70
3.3 Cognitive fallacies 71
3.3.1 Unanticipated adaptation 71
3.3.2 Focusing illusion 72
3.3.3 Memory bias 73
3.3.4 Beyond cognitive fallacies 74
3.4 Refining the perspective 75
3.4.1 Lasting gains 75
3.4.2 Culture 76
3.4.3 Idiosyncrasy 77
3.4.4 Indeterminacy 78
4 Happiness and ethics 80
4.1 Living well and living righteously: ethical questions require ethical answers 80
4.1.1 Leading a (so called) "good life" 84
4.1.2 The symmetry of human dignity 93
4.1.3 Legitimacy, public reason, and the indeterminacy of ethical judgments 98
4.2 A normative conception of happiness 102
4.2.1 Happiness between psychology and ethics 104
4.2.2 Happiness as a self transcendent phenomenon Ill
5 Happiness and good development 117
5.1 The idea of good development 117
5.1.1 The flourishing society: development towards what? 120
5.1.2 The just society: development for whom? 125
5.2 From principles to procedures: "applying" development ethics 129
5.3 A conception of good development and the role of happiness 135
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6 Happiness oriented societal development under the premise of democracy 147
6.1 Democracy and policy recommendations 147
6.2 The imputation of morality 153
6.3 How the happiness perspective could influence development paths 158
6.3.1 I The individual's construction of the world 160
6.3.2 II Educative effects 161
6.3.3 III The practice of public deliberation 163
6.3.4 IV Public policy 165
6.4 Limitations of the happiness perspective 171
7 Orientation for a knowledgeable world 173
7.1 What the happiness perspective can contribute to good development 173
7.2 Economic growth and good development 175
7.3 Concluding remarks 177
Bibliography 179
Curriculum vitae 195
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Index of figures
Figure 1 Construct validity and reliability 16
Figure 2 Individual cross section evidence; income and SWB in the U.S. in 1991 29
Figure 3 Cross country cross section evidence; income and SWB in 84 countries 31
Figure 4 National time series evidence; income and SWB in Japan 1958 2004 34
Figure 5 Stylized evidence 44
Figure 6 Deadweight loss from positional competition 53
Figure 7 Setpoint theory 58
Figure 8 Asymmetric adaptation 62
Figure 9 Loss aversion 63
Figure 10 Two dimensions of ethics 83
Figure 11 Annual hours worked per fully employed person, 1994 1997 168
Index of tables
Table 1 Classification of empirical happiness research 27
Table 2 Cross country cross section evidence 32
Table 3 Distinction between three frame of reference effects 64
Table 4 Two dimensions of ethics 83
Table 5 Classification of potential effects of the happiness perspective 159
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