Flourishing as a Goal of International Policy

Martin Seligman

Chapter 15 in Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future:Insights from 45 Global Thought Leaders, 2014, pp 113-116 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The discipline of positive psychology studies what free people choose when they are not oppressed. I call these desiderata the elements of “wellbeing,” and when an individual or nation has them in abundance, I say it is “flourishing.”…

Keywords: Envisioning; Sustainable Future; Desirable Future; Positive Future; Future History; Scenarios; World Views (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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