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The Politics of Wellbeing The Proper Role for Wellbeing in Public Policy: Towards a Pluralist, Pragmatic, Theory-Neutral Approach

The Politics of Wellbeing : The Proper Role for Wellbeing in Public Policy: Towards a Pluralist,... [This chapter identifies and discusses various objections to the idea that governments should seek to promote wellbeing (or happiness). It assesses their force and concludes that they do not constitute a compelling case against the promotion of wellbeing by the government: wellbeing is a legitimate consideration that should influence the direction of policy and the evaluation of its impact. However, the objections do highlight important issues concerning how wellbeing should be promoted and measured. In particular, governments should respect and promote wellbeing but not seek to maximise it at the expense of all other values. Issues concerning the definition and measurement of wellbeing would best be addressed by a theory-neutral approach, identifying ‘markers’ of wellbeing that are shared by a range of different theories.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Politics of Wellbeing The Proper Role for Wellbeing in Public Policy: Towards a Pluralist, Pragmatic, Theory-Neutral Approach

Part of the Wellbeing in Politics and Policy Book Series
Editors: Bache, Ian; Scott, Karen
Taylor, Tim E.
The Politics of Wellbeing — Jul 5, 2018
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Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
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978-3-319-58393-8
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71 –93
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-58394-5_4
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Abstract

[This chapter identifies and discusses various objections to the idea that governments should seek to promote wellbeing (or happiness). It assesses their force and concludes that they do not constitute a compelling case against the promotion of wellbeing by the government: wellbeing is a legitimate consideration that should influence the direction of policy and the evaluation of its impact. However, the objections do highlight important issues concerning how wellbeing should be promoted and measured. In particular, governments should respect and promote wellbeing but not seek to maximise it at the expense of all other values. Issues concerning the definition and measurement of wellbeing would best be addressed by a theory-neutral approach, identifying ‘markers’ of wellbeing that are shared by a range of different theories.]

Published: Jul 5, 2018

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