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Author Melnick, Arthur

Title Happiness, morality, and freedom / by Arthur Melnick
Published Boston : Brill, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Series Studies in Moral Philosophy
Studies in moral philosophy.
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Happiness.
Ethics.
Liberty.
Happiness
Ethics
Freedom
ethics (philosophy)
freedom.
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY -- Social.
Ethics
Happiness
Liberty
Ethik
Glück
Freiheit
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9004283218
9789004283213