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  • 标题:Integral Perspective on Happiness
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  • 作者:Joonas Uotinen
  • 期刊名称:Approaching Religion
  • 电子版ISSN:1799-3121
  • 出版年度:2015
  • 卷号:5
  • 期号:2
  • 页码:93-106
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:The Donner Institute
  • 摘要:A happiness science has emerged amidst, and spans, the social sciences. This research, despite the long philosophical tradition on happiness, is in its infancy and a robust theory of happiness is called for. I will review parts of the literature and some of the main happiness theories using Ken Wilber’s Integral approach. I will concentrate largely on Aristotle’s eudaimonia, as that has re-emerged into the centre of happiness discussions as a possible contender for the prevailing subjective happiness theories. The Integral approach seems to provide valuable insights into many happiness theories, juxtapose them in a comprehensible way, pinpoint deficiencies, and propose enhancements. Amongst other things, I will propose a new happiness theory combining John Kekes’ happiness theory with ecological ethics and I will conclude that enlightenment proves to be a good candidate for the ultimate good, or summum bonum , I will enlarge on Aristotle’s theory and propose that Wilber’s theory provides an ‘Integral road map towards eudaimonia enhanced – the enlightenment’. I will argue that eudaimonia and enlightenment, though superficially dissimilar, accord in surprising ways, to a great extent. I will discuss whether the discussion of happiness and morality is critically biased, and I will discuss the societal implications that Wilber’s conception of the human might have through its implications for happiness theories.
  • 关键词:Wilber, Ken;Spirituality;Psychology and religion;Philosophy and religion;Philosophy, American;Systems (Philosophy);Systems theory;Kekes, John;Happiness;Buddhism;Contentment;Ecology;Human development;Sustainability;Enlightenment;Ethics
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