Description
Book SynopsisHappy-People-Pills for All explores current theories of happiness while demonstrating the need to develop advanced pharmacological agents for the enhancement of our capacity for happiness and wellbeing.
- Presents the first detailed exploration of the enhancement of happiness
- A controversial yet rigorous argument that demonstrates the moral imperative for the development and mass distribution of happy-pills', to promote the wellbeing of the individual and society
- Brings together the philosophy, psychology and biology of happiness
- Maps the development of the next generation of positive mood pharmacology
- Offers a corrective to contemporary accounts of happiness
Trade Review“The philosophical portions of the book are good enough, and I recommend Happy-People-Pills for All if you are interested in a fun “what-if” discussion.” (PsycCRITIQUES, 10 February 2014)
“Summing Up: Recommended. With reservations. General readers.” (Choice, 1 January 2014)
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
1 Introductory 1
2 What is Living and What is Dead in Brave New World 19
3 What DoWe Mean by ‘Happiness’? 41
4 The Elements of the Good Life: It is a Very Big List 72
5 Wellbeing and Virtue 100
6 Happiness Promotes Perfection 120
7 Happy Pharmacology 155
8 Arguments for Happy-People-Pills 187
9 Ethical Objections 206
10 Happy-People-Pills and Public Policy 233
Index 273
