EAN: 9783319391007

THE PURSUIT OF HUMAN WELL-BEING GEBUNDEN

This handbook informs the reader about how much progress we  the human race  have made in
enhancing the quality of life on this planet. Many skeptics focus on how the quality of life
has deteriorated over the course of human history  particularly given World War II and its
aftermath. This handbook provides a positive perspective on the history of well-being. Quality
of life  as documented by scientists worldwide  has significantly improved. Nevertheless  one
sees more improvements in well-being in some regions of the world than in others. Why? This
handbook documents the progress of well-being in the various world regions as well as the
differences in those regions. The broad questions that the handbook addresses include: What
does well-being mean? How do different philosophical and religious traditions interpret the
concept of well-being within their own context? Has well-being remained the same over different
historical epochs and for different regions and subregions of the world? In which areas of
human development have we been most successful in advancing individual and collective
well-being? In which sectors has the attainment of well-being proven most difficult? How does
well-being differ within and between different populations groups that  for a variety of
socially created reasons  have been the most disadvantaged (e.g.  children  the aged  women 
the poor  racial  ethnic  and sexual minorities)?

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