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020			_a9781139794824 (ebook)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aJC585 _b.B275 2014
082	0	0	_a320.01/1 _223
100	1		_aBavetta, Sebastiano, _d1964- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aFreedom and the pursuit of happiness : _ban economic and political perspective / _cSebastiano Bavetta, Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Italy & University of Pennsylvania, USA, Pietro Navarra, Universita degli Studi di Messina, Italy & University of Pennsylvania, USA, Dario Maimone, Universita degli Studi di Messina, Italy.
246	3		_aFreedom & the Pursuit of Happiness
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (xv, 238 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	8		_a1. Introduction; 2. Individual well-being: theory and measurement; 3. Autonomy freedom and individual well-being; 4. Capability and individual well-being; 5. Economic freedom, political freedom and individual well-being; 6. Autonomy and negative freedom; 7. Autonomy and capability; 8. Autonomy, limited government, capability, and happiness; 9. Normative consequences of the pursuit of happiness.
520			_aThis book is about the relationship between different concepts of freedom and happiness. The book's authors distinguish three concepts for which an empirical measure exists: opportunity to choose (negative freedom), capability to choose (positive freedom), and autonomy to choose (autonomy freedom). They also provide a comprehensive account of the relationship between freedom and well-being by comparing channels through which freedoms affect quality of life. The book also explores whether the different conceptions of freedom complement or replace each other in the determination of the level of well-being. In so doing, the authors make freedoms a tool for policy making and are able to say which conception is the most effective for well-being, as circumstances change. The results have implications for a justification of a free society: maximizing freedoms is good for its favorable consequences upon individual well-being, a fundamental value for the judgment of human advantage.
650		0	_aLiberty.
650		0	_aLiberty _xEconomic aspects.
650		0	_aAutonomy (Philosophy)
650		0	_aAutonomy (Philosophy) _xEconomic aspects.
650		0	_aWell-being.
650		0	_aWell-being _xEconomic aspects.
700	1		_aNavarra, Pietro, _eauthor.
700	1		_aMaimone, Dario, _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107037731
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139794824
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