Human Happiness: Conceptual and Practical Perspectives

David Quak; Johannes M Luetz

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-69625-6_79-1

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Human Happiness: Conceptual and Practical Perspectives

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Human Happiness: Conceptual and Practical Perspectives

David Quak and Johannes M Luetz

No Poverty

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Springer

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69625-6_79-1

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happiness

subjective well-being

human well-being

human development

holistic development

poverty reduction

Conventional wisdom suggests that human happiness is chiefly derived from economic development and the benefits that flow from it, such as materialism and the ability to consume. In this view, happiness increases with rising consumption, which in turn arises from an increase in income or expenditure per capita, as may be gauged by measures such as a country’s GDP per capita. This traditional or classical position is widely embraced, including by the United Nations, as revealed by meta-analytical research of key terms in Human Development Reports spanning more than 30 years (Luetz and Walid 2019). Notwithstanding the broad global appeal of this “consumption paradigm,” a growing body of literature progressively points to more nuanced perspectives, where happiness does not increase in alignment with economic growth.

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Title: Human Happiness: Conceptual and Practical Perspectives
Authors: David Quak (Corresponding Author) - Christian Heritage College
Johannes M Luetz (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Social Sciences - Legacy
Contributors: Walter Leal Filho (Editor) - HAW Hamburg
Anabela Marisa Azul (Editor) - University of Coimbra
Luciana Brandli (Editor) - Universidade de Passo Fundo
Amanda Lange Salvia (Editor) - HAW Hamburg
Pinar Gokcin Ozuyar (Editor) - Istinye University
Tony Wall (Editor) - University of Chester
Publication details: No Poverty
Series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-69625-6_79-1; 10.1007/978-3-319-69625-6
ISSN: 2523-7411
ISBN: 9783319696256
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99500607902621
Output Type: Encyclopedia entry

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