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CanTechnologyMakeUsHappy?AbstractThechapterintroducesadistinctionbetweenapersonrelatedandacircumstancedirectedtypeofhappinessinordertoinvestigateinwhichwaymoderntechnologycancontributetohumanhappiness.Thisdistinctioniselaboratedasthedifferencebetweenachievershappinessandspectatorshappiness.Lookingattheethicaltradition,itisarguedthatmoralphilosophershavecertainexpectationsaboutwhatshouldcountastruehappinessforhumanbeings,whocanactinaccordancewithmoralvalues.Theessaypresentsthreeargumentsforthesuperiorityofachievershappinessfromamoralpointofview.Lookingatmoderntechnologyitisarguedthatwefindbothinanoptimisticandapessimisticevaluationofmoderntechnologyvaluableinsightsintotherolethattechnologycan(andcannot)playforthehumanstrivingforhappiness.Finallypersuasivetechnologiesarepresentedasonetypeofrecenttechnologiesthatpromisestocontributetoachievershappinessifdevelopedwhiletakingethicalrequirementsintoaccount.

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TitleCanTechnologyMakeUsHappy?

BookTitleWellBeinginContemporarySociety

Pagespp93113

Copyright2015

DOI10.1007/9783319064598_6

PrintISBN9783319064581

OnlineISBN9783319064598

SeriesTitleHappinessStudiesBookSeries

SeriesISSN22137513

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Topics

QualityofLifeResearch

PositivePsychology

Ethics

EconomicPolicy

Keywords

Moderntechnologyandhappiness

Humanhappiness

Happinessandcontemporarysociety

Spectatorshappinessandachievershappiness

Ethicalidealofhappiness

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JohnnyH.Sraker (2)

JanWillemVanderRijt (3)

JelledeBoer (4)

PakHangWong (5)

PhilipBrey (6)

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2.DepartmentofPhilosophy,UniversityofTwente

3.DepartmentofPhilosophyandEconomics,UniversityofBayreuth

4.DepartmentofPhilosophy,DelftUniversityofTechnology

5.InstituteforScience,UniversityofOxford

6.DepartmentofPhilosophy,UniversityofTwente

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AndreasSpahn(7)

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7.PhilosophyandEthicsofTechnology,IE&IS,EindhovenUniversityofTechnology,Postbus513,5600MB,Eindhoven,TheNetherlands

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