Count no one happy: Eudaimonia and positive psychology

Robert L. Woolfolk; Rachel H. Wasserman

doi:10.1037/h0091252

Count no one happy: Eudaimonia and positive psychology

Robert L. Woolfolk, Rachel H. Wasserman

School of Arts and Sciences, Psychology

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Abstract

Some aspects of "second-generation" Positive Psychology are analyzed and their origins explored. In particular, Seligman's importation of the concept of eudaimonia from Aristotelian ethics is critiqued and found to be problematic. This conclusion is reached through an examination of the concept of eudaimonia as it was employed in ancient philosophy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	81-90
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/h0091252
State	Published - 2005

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Philosophy
General Psychology

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