Can We Be Happier?: The Ethics And Evidence For Better Lives

Author: Richard Layard

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  • : 45.00 AUD
  • : 9780241429990
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
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  • : February 2020
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  • : Richard Layard
  • : Hardback
  • : 2002
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Description

Most people now realise that economic growth, however desirable, will not solve all our problems. Instead, we need a philosophy and a science which encompasses a much fuller range of human need and experience.


This book argues that the goal for a society must be the greatest possible all round happiness, and shows how each of us can become more effective creators of happiness, both as citizens and in our own organisations.


Written with Richard Layard's characteristic clarity, it provides hard evidence that increasing happiness is the right aim, and that it can be achieved. Its language is simple, its evidence impressive, its effect inspiring.