Happy-People-Pills For All
Author | : Mark Walker |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2013-03-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781118357316 |
ISBN-13 | : 1118357310 |
Rating | : 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Happy-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