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Yale University Press
September 2010
On Sale: August 24, 2010
224 pages
ISBN: 0300139292
EAN: 9780300139297
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
In this smart and timely book, the distinguished moral
philosopher Sissela Bok ponders the nature of happiness and
its place in philosophical thinking and writing throughout
the ages. With nuance and elegance, Bok explores notions of
happiness - from Greek philosophers to Desmond Tutu, Charles
Darwin, Iris Murdoch, and the Dalai Lama - as well as the
latest theories advanced by psychologists, economists,
geneticists, and neuroscientists. Eschewing abstract
theorizing, Bok weaves in a wealth of firsthand observations
about happiness from ordinary people as well as renowned
figures. This may well be the most complete picture of
happiness yet. This book is also a clarion call to think
clearly and sensitively about happiness. Bringing together
very different disciplines provides Bok with a unique
opportunity to consider the role of happiness in wider
questions of how we should lead our lives and treat one
another - concerns that don't often figure in today's
happiness equation. How should we pursue, weigh, value, or
limit our own happiness, or that of others, now and in the
future? Compelling and perceptive, "Exploring Happiness"
shines a welcome new light on the heart of the human condition.
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