Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Keyword "happiness"

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    • Aristotle's Function Argument 

      Korsgaard, Christine (Oxford University Press, 2008)
      In Nicomachean Ethics 1.7, Aristotle claims that to discover the human good we must identify the function of a human being. He argues that the human function is rational activity. Our good is therefore rational activity ...

    • Inequality and Happiness: Are Europeans and Americans Different? 

      Alesina, Alberto; Di Tella, Rafael; MacCulloch, Robert (Elsevier, 2004)
      We study the effect of the level of inequality in society on individual well-being using a total of 123,668 answers to a survey question about “happiness”. We find that individuals have a lower tendency to report themselves ...

    • The Unforeseen Costs of Extraordinary Experience 

      Cooney, Gus; Gilbert, Daniel; Wilson, Timothy D. (SAGE Publications, 2014-10-01)
      People seek extraordinary experiences—from drinking rare wines and taking exotic vacations to jumping from airplanes and shaking hands with celebrities. But are such experiences worth having? We found that participants ...

    • Winners Love Winning and Losers Love Money 

      Kassam, Karim; Morewedge, Carey K.; Gilbert, Daniel Todd; Wilson, Timothy D. (SAGE Publications, 2011)
      Salience and satisfaction are important factors in determining the comparisons that people make. We hypothesized that people make salient comparisons first, and then make satisfying comparisons only if salient comparisons ...