The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Well-Being provides a comprehensive, outstanding guide and reference source to the key topics and debates in this exciting subject. Essential reading for students and researchers in ethics and political philosophy it will also be an invaluable resource for those in related disciplines such as psychology, politics and sociology.

Guy Fletcher is a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, UK. His current research is in metaethics, on moral language and moral psychology. Another strand of research is in political philosophy, on hate speech. He also has a persistent side-interest in John Stuart Mill. He is the author of The Philosophy of Well-Being: An Introduction (Routledge, 2016).

Introduction Guy Fletcher

Part 1: Well-Being in the History of Moral Philosophy

1. Plato Eric Brown

2. Aristotle on Well-Being Richard Kraut

3. Hedonistic Theories of Well Being in Antiquity Tim O'Keefe

4. Well-Being and Confucianism Richard Kim

5. Well-Being and Daoism Justin Tiwald

6. Well-Being in the Buddhist tradition Christopher Gowans

7. Well-Being in the Christian tradition William Lauinger

8. The Later British Moralists Robert Shaver

Part 2: Theories of Well-Being

9. Hedonism Alex Gregory

10. Perfectionism Gwen Bradford

11. Desire-Fulfilment theory Chris Heathwood

12. Objective List Theory Guy Fletcher

13. Hybrid Theories Chris Woodard

14. Subject-Sensitive theories Alicia Hall and Valerie Tiberius

15. Eudaimonism Lorraine Besser-Jones

Part 3: Particular Goods and Bads

16. Pleasure Ben Bramble

17. Pain Guy Kahane

18. Health, Disability, and Well-Being Drew Schroeder

19. Friendship Diane Jeske

20. Virtue Anne Baril

21. Epistemic Goods Allan Hazlett

22. Achievements Gwen Bradford and Simon Keller

23. Meaningfulness Antti Kauppinen

24. Needs Marco Grix and Philip McKibbin

25. Happiness Neera Badhwar

26. Death Ben Bradley

Part 4: Theoretical Issues

27. Monism and Pluralism Eden Lin

28. Atomism and Holism in the Theory of Personal Well-Being Jason Raibley

29. The Experience Machine and the Experience Requirement Jennifer Hawkins

30. Children's Well-being A Philosophical Analysis Anthony Skelton

31. Well-Being and Animals Christopher Rice

32. The Science of Well-Being Anna Alexandrova

33. The Concept of Well-Being Steve Campbell

Part 5: Well-Being in Moral and Political Philosophy

34. Welfarism Dale Dorsey

35. Well-Being and the Non-Identity Problem Molly Gardner

36. Well-Being, Paternalism, Autonomy Sarah Conly

37. Well-Being and Disadvantage Jonathan Wolff and Doug Reeve

38. Feminism and Well-Being Jules Holroyd

Part 6: Well-being and other disciplines

39. Well-Being and Law Alex Sarch

40. Well-Being and Economics Erik Angner

41. Medicine and Well-Being Daniel Groll.

Index