Is life nasty, brutish, and short? philosophies of life and well-being

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 570-575

  Norton, Michael I ^a   Anik, Lalin ^a   Aknin, Lara B ^b   Dunn, Elizabeth W ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

experimental philosophy; happiness; well being; worldviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755225114     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611401425     Document Type: Review

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