Well-being

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Well-being is most commonly used in philosophy to describe what is non-instrumentally or ultimately good for a person. The question of what well-being consists in is of independent interest, but it is of great importance in moral philosophy, especially in the case of utilitarianism, according to which well-being is to be maximized. Significant challenges to the very notion have been made, in particular by G.E. Moore and T.M. Scanlon. It has become standard to distinguish theories of well-being as either hedonist theories, desire theories, or objective list theories. According to the view known as welfarism, well-being is the only value. Also important in ethics is the question of how a person's moral character relates to their well-being.

Well-being indices

• Ryff scales
• Prosperity index Personal prosperity
• WHO-Five well-being index
  • WHO-Five well-being index
• Well-being index
• Canadian Index of Wellbeing
• Genuine progress indicator (GPI)
  • Genuine Progress Index for Atlantic Canada
• Child and Youth Well-Being Index
• Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW)
• Wellbeing indicator from the Netherlands

See also

• Alueellinen terveys- ja hyvinvointitutkimus
• Quality of life
• http://homepage.psy.utexas.edu/HomePage/Group/BussLAB/pdffiles/Evolution_Of_Happiness_2000.pdf
• http://pos-psych.com/
• Gross national happiness
• http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pleasure/
• http://www.spring.org.uk/labels/Positive%20Psychology.php
• Well-being data from Eurostat