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The Ontology of Well-Being in Social Policy and Welfare Practice

Part of the Library of Public Policy and Public Administration Book Series (volume 18)

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-18142-9

ISBN: 978-3-031-18141-2

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Nov 12, 2022

1 - 9 of 9 Chapters

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Chapter 1The Politics and Philosophy of Human Well-Being

Smith, Steven R.

Pages: 1 –29

[After outlining and defending its overall philosophical approach, this chapter starts by exploring the main political reasons why well-being has become a key global indicator of ‘social progress’, paralleling the growing international discontent for using Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the...
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Chapter 2Well-Being and the Human Condition

Smith, Steven R.

Pages: 31 –61

[Following the political and philosophical debates explored in Chap. 1, six ontological features of the human condition are identified, described and explored in this chapter, and which are central to The Ontology of Well-Being Thesis (TOWT) defended here and throughout the book. The features...
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Chapter 3Well-Being, Pain and Parfit: Time, Self-Interest and Pensions Policy

Smith, Steven R.

Pages: 63 –91

[This chapter explores how classical liberal accounts of well-being depend on certain views of self-interest, experiences of time, and ontological accounts of personal identity. For example, Adam Smith, Henry Sidgwick, and John Rawls, variously argue that a person acting in her own self-interest...
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Chapter 4Well-Being and Finiteness: Agency, Self-Acceptance, and Disability

Smith, Steven R.

Pages: 93 –117

[Building on The Ontology of Well-Being Thesis (TOWT) explored and defended in previous chapters, an explanation is provided in this chapter of how various types of liberalism often promote well-being via, what is called here, the ontological ‘ethic of agency’. This ethic explicitly values...
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Chapter 5Well-Being, Melancholy and Happiness: Bitter-Sweet Emotions and Sober Self-Reflection

Smith, Steven R.

Pages: 119 –143

[Reflecting the ontological features of embodiment and cognition explored in Chap. 2 and informing The Ontology of Well-Being Thesis (TOWT) defended throughout the book, melancholy is defined in this chapter as an experience that produces pleasure from feeling sad, derived from a person’s complex...
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Chapter 6Well-Being, Sociability, and False Consciousness: Radical Politics, Disability, Self-Knowledge, and Subjectivity v Objectivity

Smith, Steven R.

Pages: 145 –169

[This chapter explores sociability, being one of the six ontological features of the human condition identified in Chap. 2, underpinning The Ontology of Well-Being Thesis (TOWT) defended throughout the book. Certainly, there are many positive aspects of sociability, such as engaging with others...
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Chapter 7Well-Being, Mental Illness, Co-Production and Social Prescription: Social Constructionism, Relational Integrity, and Agency

Smith, Steven R.

Pages: 171 –195

[As with Chap. 6, this chapter starts with sociability as one of the six ontological features of the human condition, identified in Chap. 2, via The Ontology of Well-Being Thesis (TOWT), and defended throughout the book. The argument here maintains an important sociological distinction between...
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Chapter 8Explanatory and Purpose-Based Approaches to Pluralistic Understandings of Well-Being

Smith, Steven R.

Pages: 197 –223

[This chapter adds philosophical interpretation to the book’s central themes, derived from The Ontology of Well-Being Thesis (TOWT) and defended throughout the book, so as to understand further how well-being might be better conceptualised and promoted. The main argument, to be developed in Chap....
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Chapter 9Conclusion: The Human Condition, Conflicting Experiences of Time, Emotion and Self-Consciousness, and Value Incommensurability

Smith, Steven R.

Pages: 225 –260

[The central argument defended in this final chapter, is that the relationship between the explanatory and purpose-based approaches to the ontology of well-being (explored in Chap. 8), is complex and dynamic, reflecting our conflicting experiences of time, emotion, and self-consciousness. The...

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