Happiness, economic well-being, social capital and the quality of institutions
Since Jeremy Bentham, utilitarians have argued that happiness, not just income or wealth, is the maximand of individual and social welfare. By contrast, Rawls and followers argue that to share a common perception of living in a just society is the "ultimate good" and that individuals have...
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| Format: | workingPaper |
| Language: | eng |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2364 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/2364 |