Abstract:In this interview Dan Haybron speaks about his recent interdisciplinary research on measuring happiness and the book on the good life he is currently working on. Dan Haybron explains how beauty and excellence are components of the good life and talks about the need to replace ethics of consumption with ethics of appreciation. Keywords: happiness, well-being, good life, ethics of appreciation, beauty, excellence, gratitude.
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