Well-Being in philosophy, psychology, and economics

The Good Life in a Technological Age

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 15-34

  Brey, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203124581     Document Type: Chapter

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