Happiness and the Pursuit of a Life Worth Living: An Anthropological Approach

Gordon Mathews

Chapter 7 in Happiness and Public Policy, 2006, pp 147-168 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The study of happiness, as presented in most chapters of this book is statistical. The researcher asks respondents how happy they are, or how satisfied with their lives they are, and compiles their answers statistically, to offer a universal measure that can be used to compare people of different societies, as well as different social classes, genders, and ages, as to happiness. These statistical findings have, no doubt, a broad accuracy. At a subtler level, however, their accuracy is arguable.

Keywords: United States; Religious Belief; Cultural Relativism; Worth Living; False Consciousness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230288027_7

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