An Individual-Based Hybrid Well-Being Theory

Sangmu Oh ()
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Sangmu Oh: Korea University

Journal of Happiness Studies, 2024, vol. 25, issue 8, No 2, 16 pages

Abstract: Abstract This paper advances an individual-based hybrid well-being theory and argues that it is able to overcome the main drawbacks of existing objective list theories and avoid the shortcomings of hedonism and desire-fulfillment theories. The individual-based hybrid well-being theory has characteristics of perfectionist objective theories in that it recognizes objective goods and explains the commonality of goods from the perspective of perfectionism, but it also differs from existing objective list theories insofar as it provides not a single list of goods for everyone but plural lists of goods based on each individual for each individual. In addition, it represents a hybrid theory rather than a pure objective list theory because it recognizes the individual’s desire as a factor influencing the contribution of objective goods to well-being and the individual’s experiences of pleasure as a component of well-being outside the list of goods.

Keywords: Individual-based hybrid well-being theory; Single list of goods; Plural lists of goods; Concerns about exclusion; Concerns about alienation; Concerns about pleasure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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