05019nam a22005535i 4500 978-94-007-6609-9 DE-He213 20210617195142.0 cr nn 008mamaa 130709s2013 ne | s |||| 0|eng d 9789400766099 978-94-007-6609-9 10.1007/978-94-007-6609-9 doi HN25 JFF bicssc SOC026000 bisacsh JBF thema 306 23 Human Happiness and the Pursuit of Maximization [electronic resource] : Is More Always Better? / edited by Hilke Brockmann, Jan Delhey. 1st ed. 2013. Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013. VIII, 216 p. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Happiness Studies Book Series, 2213-7513 Chapter 1. Is More Always Better? An Introduction; Hilke Brockmann and Jan Delhey -- Chapter 2. When the Pursuit of More Backfires - The American Experiment; Peter Whybrow -- Chapter 3. More Nonsense and Less Happiness: The Unintended Effects of Artificial Competitions; Mathias Binswanger -- Chapter 4. Happiness by Maximization?; Kurt Bayertz -- Chapter 5. Maximization and the Good; Valerie Tiberius -- Chapter 6. How Wise is Mother Nature? Maximization, Optimization and Short-Sighted Resource Use in Biological Evolution; Hanna Kokko -- Chapter 7. Towards a Neuroscience of Well-being – Implications of Insights from Pleasure Research; Kent C. Berridge and Morten L. Kringelbach -- Chapter 8. From Treating Mental Dysfunction to Neuroenhancement; Michael Koch -- Chapter 9. Do Aspirations and Adaptation Impede the Maximization of Happiness?; Ulrich Schimmack and Hyunji Kim -- Chapter 10. My Car is Bigger than Yours. Consumption, Status Competition, and Happiness in Times of Affluence; Hilke Brockmann and Song Yan -- Chapter 11. Some Lessons from Happiness Economics for Environmental Sustainability; Heinz Welsch -- Chapter 12. Public Policy and Human Happiness: The Welfare State and the Market as Agents of Well-Being; Robert Davidson, Alexander C. Pacek, and Benjamin Radcliff -- Chapter 13 Should the State Care for the Happiness of Its Citizens?; Aloys Prinz -- Chapter 14. A “Happiness Test” for the New Measures of National Well-Being: How Much Better than GDP are they?; Jan Delhey and Christian Kroll. This book tests the critical potential of happiness research to evaluate contemporary high-performance societies. These societies, defined as affluent capitalist societies, emphasize competition and success both  institutionally and culturally. Growing affluence improves life in many ways, for a large number of people. We lead longer, safer, and more comfortable lives than previous generations. But we also live faster, and are competition-toughened, like top athletes. As a result, we suspect limits and detect downsides of our high-speed lives. The ubiquitous maximization principle opens up a systematic gateway to the pleasures and pains of contemporary life. Using happiness as a reference point, this book explores the philosophical and empirical limits of the maximization rule. It considers the answer to questions such as: Precisely, why did the idea of (economic) maximization gain so much ground in our Western way of thinking? When, and in which life domains, does maximization work, when does it fail? When do qualities and when do quantities matter? Does maximization yield a different (un)happiness dividend in different species, cultures, and societies? Quality of life. Positive psychology. Behavioral sciences. Macroeconomics. Quality of Life Research. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X23000 Positive Psychology. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y44000 Behavioral Sciences. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L13009 Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W32000 Brockmann, Hilke. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt Delhey, Jan. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789400799592 Printed edition: 9789400766105 Printed edition: 9789400766082 Happiness Studies Book Series, 2213-7513 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6609-9 ZDB-2-SHU ZDB-2-SXS Humanities, Social Sciences and Law (SpringerNature-11648) Social Sciences (R0) (SpringerNature-43726)