{"product_id":"9783030565992","title":"Beyond Economics: Happiness as a Standard in our Personal Life and in Politics","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBeyond Economics: Happiness as a Standard in our Personal Life and in Politics\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eOtt, Jan\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a lot of attention for happiness, but there is also a lot of confusion, about the concept and the nature of happiness. This book wants to reduce this confusion, to make the deliberations and discussions about happiness more productive. A reduction of confusion will also make it easier to assess  happiness as a possible standard in our personal life and in politics. Acceptance of happiness as a standard will have positive effects. Acceptance in personal life will make individuals more critical, and less vulnerable for adversity and manipulation. Acceptance in politics will contribute to a better detection and analysis of social-economic problems. Such positive effects are important for well-being. Well-being is usually defined as \u003ci\u003e‘objective well-being’\u003c\/i\u003e by experts, like medical specialists or psychologists. They apply their professional standards like blood pressure or personality characteristics. Happiness, on the other hand, is \u003ci\u003e‘subjective well-being’\u003c\/i\u003e as experienced by the people themselves. This happiness is the appreciation of one’s own life as a whole, and this appreciation is based on standards people have adopted themselves, knowingly or unknowingly.  Happiness as subjective well-being, and objective well-being as defined by experts, are complementary. It is important to asses objective and subjective well-being simultaneously, and it is incorrect to ignore one of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2020-12-13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030565992\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-56600-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 161\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47530232742028,"sku":"9783030565992","price":62.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030565992.jpg?v=1776047829","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783030565992","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}