Happiness Economics, Eudaimonia and Positive Psychology: From Happiness Economics to Flourishing Economics

Autores
Crespo, Ricardo Fernando; Mesurado, Maria Belen
Año de publicación
2015
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Tipo de recurso
artículo
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Descripción
A remarkable current development, happiness economics focuses on the relevance of people’s happiness in economic analyses. As this theory has been criticised for relying on an incomplete notion of happiness, this paper intends to support it with richer philosophical and psychological foundations. Specifically, it suggests that happiness economics should be based on Aristotle’s philosophical eudaimonia concept and on a modified version of ‘positive psychology’ that stresses human beings’ relational nature. First, this analysis describes happiness economics and its shortcomings. Next, it introduces Aristotle’s eudaimonia and takes a look at positive psychology with this lens, elaborating on the need to develop a new approach that goes beyond the economics of happiness: the economics of flourishing. Finally, the paper specifies some possible socio-economic objectives of a eudaimonic economics of happiness.
Fil: Crespo, Ricardo Fernando. Universidad Austral. Instituto de Altos Estudios; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Mesurado, Maria Belen. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Psicología Matemática y Experimental Dr. Horacio J. A. Rimoldi; Argentina
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Flourishing
Happiness Economics
Positive Psychology
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spelling Happiness Economics, Eudaimonia and Positive Psychology: From Happiness Economics to Flourishing EconomicsCrespo, Ricardo FernandoMesurado, Maria BelenFlourishingHappiness EconomicsPositive Psychologyhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5A remarkable current development, happiness economics focuses on the relevance of people’s happiness in economic analyses. As this theory has been criticised for relying on an incomplete notion of happiness, this paper intends to support it with richer philosophical and psychological foundations. Specifically, it suggests that happiness economics should be based on Aristotle’s philosophical eudaimonia concept and on a modified version of ‘positive psychology’ that stresses human beings’ relational nature. First, this analysis describes happiness economics and its shortcomings. Next, it introduces Aristotle’s eudaimonia and takes a look at positive psychology with this lens, elaborating on the need to develop a new approach that goes beyond the economics of happiness: the economics of flourishing. Finally, the paper specifies some possible socio-economic objectives of a eudaimonic economics of happiness.Fil: Crespo, Ricardo Fernando. Universidad Austral. Instituto de Altos Estudios; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Mesurado, Maria Belen. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Psicología Matemática y Experimental Dr. Horacio J. A. Rimoldi; ArgentinaSpringer2015-08info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/52121Crespo, Ricardo Fernando; Mesurado, Maria Belen; Happiness Economics, Eudaimonia and Positive Psychology: From Happiness Economics to Flourishing Economics; Springer; Journal of Happiness Studies; 16; 4; 8-2015; 931-9461389-49781573-7780CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s10902-014-9541-4info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10902-014-9541-4info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:49:53Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/52121instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:49:54.674CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Happiness Economics, Eudaimonia and Positive Psychology: From Happiness Economics to Flourishing Economics
title Happiness Economics, Eudaimonia and Positive Psychology: From Happiness Economics to Flourishing Economics
spellingShingle Happiness Economics, Eudaimonia and Positive Psychology: From Happiness Economics to Flourishing Economics
Crespo, Ricardo Fernando
Flourishing
Happiness Economics
Positive Psychology
title_short Happiness Economics, Eudaimonia and Positive Psychology: From Happiness Economics to Flourishing Economics
title_full Happiness Economics, Eudaimonia and Positive Psychology: From Happiness Economics to Flourishing Economics
title_fullStr Happiness Economics, Eudaimonia and Positive Psychology: From Happiness Economics to Flourishing Economics
title_full_unstemmed Happiness Economics, Eudaimonia and Positive Psychology: From Happiness Economics to Flourishing Economics
title_sort Happiness Economics, Eudaimonia and Positive Psychology: From Happiness Economics to Flourishing Economics
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Crespo, Ricardo Fernando
Mesurado, Maria Belen
author Crespo, Ricardo Fernando
author_facet Crespo, Ricardo Fernando
Mesurado, Maria Belen
author_role author
author2 Mesurado, Maria Belen
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Flourishing
Happiness Economics
Positive Psychology
topic Flourishing
Happiness Economics
Positive Psychology
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv A remarkable current development, happiness economics focuses on the relevance of people’s happiness in economic analyses. As this theory has been criticised for relying on an incomplete notion of happiness, this paper intends to support it with richer philosophical and psychological foundations. Specifically, it suggests that happiness economics should be based on Aristotle’s philosophical eudaimonia concept and on a modified version of ‘positive psychology’ that stresses human beings’ relational nature. First, this analysis describes happiness economics and its shortcomings. Next, it introduces Aristotle’s eudaimonia and takes a look at positive psychology with this lens, elaborating on the need to develop a new approach that goes beyond the economics of happiness: the economics of flourishing. Finally, the paper specifies some possible socio-economic objectives of a eudaimonic economics of happiness.
Fil: Crespo, Ricardo Fernando. Universidad Austral. Instituto de Altos Estudios; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Mesurado, Maria Belen. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Psicología Matemática y Experimental Dr. Horacio J. A. Rimoldi; Argentina
description A remarkable current development, happiness economics focuses on the relevance of people’s happiness in economic analyses. As this theory has been criticised for relying on an incomplete notion of happiness, this paper intends to support it with richer philosophical and psychological foundations. Specifically, it suggests that happiness economics should be based on Aristotle’s philosophical eudaimonia concept and on a modified version of ‘positive psychology’ that stresses human beings’ relational nature. First, this analysis describes happiness economics and its shortcomings. Next, it introduces Aristotle’s eudaimonia and takes a look at positive psychology with this lens, elaborating on the need to develop a new approach that goes beyond the economics of happiness: the economics of flourishing. Finally, the paper specifies some possible socio-economic objectives of a eudaimonic economics of happiness.
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Crespo, Ricardo Fernando; Mesurado, Maria Belen; Happiness Economics, Eudaimonia and Positive Psychology: From Happiness Economics to Flourishing Economics; Springer; Journal of Happiness Studies; 16; 4; 8-2015; 931-946
1389-4978
1573-7780
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