| Invulnerability: On Securing Happiness Contributor(s): Luper, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812693221 ISBN-13: 9780812693225 Publisher: Open Court OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: Steven Luper analyzes the nature of happiness and compares two strategies of pursuit: the western approach known as 'optimizing', in which we try to bring about the satisfaction of our desires, and the eastern method known as 'adapting', in which we transform our desires so that nothing can hurt us. "Luper's clearly written, yet heartfelt, book will serve to widen the narrow horizons of contemporary moral debate, and not just within academia". -- David E. Cooper University of Durham |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Psychology |
| Dewey: 170 |
| LCCN: 96010746 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.03" W x 9.01" (0.67 lbs) 190 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Steven Luper analyzes the nature of happiness and compares two strategies of pursuit: the western approach known as 'optimizing', in which we try to bring about the satisfaction of our desires, and the eastern method known as 'adapting', in which we transform our desires so that nothing can hurt us. Luper's clearly written, yet heartfelt, book will serve to widen the narrow horizons of contemporary moral debate, and not just within academia. -- David E. Cooper University of Durham |