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Full Idea
It would be nice if I could advance the case for Eudaimonics - empirical enquiry into the nature, causes, and constituents of flourishing, …and the case for some ways of living and being as better than others.
Gist of Idea
We need Eudaimonics - the empirical study of how we should flourish
Source
Owen Flanagan (The Really Hard Problem [2007], 4 'Normative')
Book Ref
Flanagan,Owen: 'The Really Hard Problem' [MIT 2007], p.107
A Reaction
Things seem to be moving in that direction. Lots of statistics about happiness have been appearing.