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Values and economic theory : the case of hedonism
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ISBN: 1856282007 Year: 1991 Publisher: Aldershot Avebury

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Economics --- Hedonism


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Slow Tourism
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ISBN: 1280998768 9786613770370 1845412826 9781845412821 1845412834 9781845412814 9781845412807 9781845412838 9781280998768 661377037X Year: 2012 Publisher: Bristol, UK Blue Ridge Summit, PA

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Bringing together scholars from the areas of tourism, leisure and cultural studies, eco-humanities and tourism management, this book examines the emerging phenomenon of slow tourism. The book explores the range of travel experiences that are part of growing consumer concerns with quality leisure time, environmental and cultural sustainability, as well as the embodied experience of place. Slow tourism encapsulates a range of lifestyle practices, mobilities and ethics that are connected to social movements such as slow food and cities, as well as specialist sectors such as ecotourism and voluntourism. The slow experience of temporality can evoke and incite different ways of being and moving, as well as different logics of desire that value travel experiences as forms of knowledge. Slow travel practices reflect a range of ethical-political positions that have yet to be critically explored in the academic literature despite the growth of industry discourse.


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Freedom and happiness in economic thought and philosophy : from clash to reconciliation
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ISBN: 9780415579483 9780203808177 9781136666773 9781136666810 9781136666827 9780415750202 Year: 2011 Publisher: London Routledge


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The power of having fun : how meaningful breaks help you get more done *and feel fantastic!
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ISBN: 1523083557 9781523083558 9781523083534 1523083530 Year: 2017 Publisher: Oakland : Berrett-Koehler Publishers,

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Fun is the key to success! If you want to be successful, having fun is not an option. It's a necessity. By making fun a top priority—taking meaningful, enjoyable breaks each day, week, month, and year—you'll not only be happier but be more productive, too! Using scientific evidence, real-world case studies, and a healthy dose of wit, bestselling author Dave Crenshaw shows that a regular respite is like a little oasis in your workday. It refreshes and reinvigorates, recharges your batteries—helping you accomplish more with less effort! The Power of Having Fun coaches you through the five-step system thousands of leaders have utilized to boost productivity and propel their careers—all while feeling fantastic! Let Dave Crenshaw lower your stress, raise your results, and restore recess to your routine.


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The Tyranny of Utility
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ISBN: 1283168987 9786613168986 1400838894 9781400838899 0691128170 661316898X 9780691128177 Year: 2011 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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The general assumption that social policy should be utilitarian--that society should be organized to yield the greatest level of welfare--leads inexorably to increased government interventions. Historically, however, the science of economics has advocated limits to these interventions for utilitarian reasons and because of the assumption that people know what is best for themselves. But more recently, behavioral economics has focused on biases and inconsistencies in individual behavior. Based on these developments, governments now prescribe the foods we eat, the apartments we rent, and the composition of our financial portfolios. The Tyranny of Utility takes on this rise of paternalism and its dangers for individual freedoms, and examines how developments in economics and the social sciences are leading to greater government intrusion in our private lives. Gilles Saint-Paul posits that the utilitarian foundations of individual freedom promoted by traditional economics are fundamentally flawed. When combined with developments in social science that view the individual as incapable of making rational and responsible choices, utilitarianism seems to logically call for greater governmental intervention in our lives. Arguing that this cannot be defended on purely instrumental grounds, Saint-Paul calls for individual liberty to be restored as a central value in our society. Exploring how behavioral economics is contributing to the excessive rise of paternalistic interventions, The Tyranny of Utility presents a controversial challenge to the prevailing currents in economic and political discourse.

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Welfare economics. --- Utilitarianism. --- Paternalism. --- Public welfare. --- Benevolent institutions --- Poor relief --- Public assistance --- Public charities --- Public relief --- Public welfare --- Public welfare reform --- Relief (Aid) --- Social welfare --- Welfare (Public assistance) --- Welfare reform --- Parentalism --- Government policy --- Human services --- Social service --- Social classes --- Social control --- Social systems --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Social policy --- Ethics --- Hedonism --- Philosophy --- Welfare economics --- Utilitarianism --- Paternalism --- E-books --- 201 --- 305.6 --- 321.2 --- AA / International- internationaal --- Sociologie: algemeenheden --- Risicotheorie, speltheorie. Risicokapitaal. Beslissingsmodellen --- Economisch beleid van de overheid --- Coasian view. --- Freudianism. --- Friedrich Nietzsche. --- Lockean theory. --- Man. --- Pareto improvements. --- Pigovian taxation. --- Postmodernism. --- addictive goods. --- autonomy. --- behavioral biases. --- behavioral economics. --- behavioral issues. --- behavioral problems. --- cognitive capacity. --- competitive markets. --- consistent behavior. --- consistent self. --- divine order. --- economic theory. --- economics. --- externality. --- financial capacity. --- free markets. --- global efficiency. --- government control. --- government intervention. --- government intrusion. --- government involvement. --- happiness. --- incarnations. --- incentives. --- individual freedom. --- individual liberty. --- individual rights. --- individual welfare. --- individual well-being. --- individualistic values. --- intellectual apparatus. --- intellectual safeguard. --- laissez-faire. --- legitimacy of power. --- libertarian paternalism. --- limited government. --- limited liability. --- market interactions. --- markets. --- modern paternalism. --- objective reality. --- paternalism. --- paternalistic governments. --- paternalistic intervention. --- paternalistic interventions. --- paternalistic policies. --- paternalistic state. --- penalties. --- policy prescriptions. --- political economy critique. --- political institutions. --- population distribution. --- post-utilitarian paradigm. --- post-utilitarianism. --- price restrictions. --- psychological phenomena. --- public policy. --- rational phenomena. --- responsibility transfer. --- revealed preferences. --- self-consciousness. --- self-reported happiness. --- sin tax. --- social contract. --- social engineer. --- social planner. --- social preferences. --- social sciences. --- state involvement. --- statistics. --- transactions. --- unique self. --- unitary individual. --- utilitarian social policy. --- utilitarian state. --- utilitarianism. --- utility. --- voluntary transactions. --- welfare.


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Arguments and analysis in bioethics
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ISBN: 9042028033 9042028025 9789042028036 9789042028029 Year: 2010 Publisher: Amsterdam New York, NY Rodopi

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Is there any justification for the common practice of allocating expensive medical resources to rescue a few from rare diseases, when those resources could be used to treat devastating diseases that affect the many? Does the use of Prozac and other anti-depressants make us inauthentic beings? Is it immoral and irrational to have children? What is the force of examples and counterexamples in bioethics? What are the relevance of moral intuition and the role of empirical evidence in bioethical argument? What notion of “function” underlies accounts of the distinction between normality and disease and between therapy and enhancement? Is there an inherent conflict between research aimed at therapy and research aimed at gaining knowledge, such that the very notion of “therapeutic research” is an oxymoron? The twenty-one chapters in this volume strive, through the use of high quality argument and analysis, to get a good deal clearer concerning a range of issues in bioethics, and a range of issues about bioethics. The essays are provocative, indeed, some quite radical and disturbing, as they call into question many common methodological and substantive assumptions in bioethics.

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Bioethics --- Medical ethics --- Ethical Analysis --- Methods --- Ethics --- Investigative Techniques --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Humanities --- Philosophy --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Health Care --- Biology - General --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Community-Based Distribution --- Contraceptive Distribution --- Delivery of Healthcare --- Dental Care Delivery --- Distribution, Non-Clinical --- Distribution, Nonclinical --- Distributional Activities --- Healthcare --- Healthcare Delivery --- Healthcare Systems --- Non-Clinical Distribution --- Nonclinical Distribution --- Delivery of Dental Care --- Health Care Delivery --- Health Care Systems --- Activities, Distributional --- Activity, Distributional --- Care, Health --- Community Based Distribution --- Community-Based Distributions --- Contraceptive Distributions --- Deliveries, Healthcare --- Delivery, Dental Care --- Delivery, Health Care --- Delivery, Healthcare --- Distribution, Community-Based --- Distribution, Contraceptive --- Distribution, Non Clinical --- Distributional Activity --- Distributions, Community-Based --- Distributions, Contraceptive --- Distributions, Non-Clinical --- Distributions, Nonclinical --- Health Care System --- Healthcare Deliveries --- Healthcare System --- Non Clinical Distribution --- Non-Clinical Distributions --- Nonclinical Distributions --- System, Health Care --- System, Healthcare --- Systems, Health Care --- Systems, Healthcare --- Philosophical Overview --- Hedonism --- Stoicism --- Overview, Philosophical --- Overviews, Philosophical --- Philosophical Overviews --- Philosophies --- Healthcare Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Investigative Technics --- Investigative Technic --- Investigative Technique --- Technic, Investigative --- Technics, Investigative --- Technique, Investigative --- Techniques, Investigative --- Egoism --- Ethical Issues --- Metaethics --- Moral Policy --- Natural Law --- Situational Ethics --- Ethical Issue --- Ethics, Situational --- Issue, Ethical --- Issues, Ethical --- Law, Natural --- Laws, Natural --- Moral Policies --- Natural Laws --- Policies, Moral --- Policy, Moral --- Methodological Studies --- Methodological Study --- Procedures --- Studies, Methodological --- Study, Methodological --- Method --- Procedure --- Biomedical Ethics --- Health Care Ethics --- Ethics, Biomedical --- Ethics, Health Care --- Analysis, Ethical --- Analyses, Ethical --- Ethical Analyses --- Biomedical ethics --- Clinical ethics --- Ethics, Medical --- Health care ethics --- Medical care --- Medicine --- Life sciences --- Life sciences ethics --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Pharmacy Philosophy --- Pharmacy Philosophies --- Philosophies, Pharmacy --- Philosophy, Pharmacy --- Censorship, Research --- Ethicists --- Professional ethics --- Nursing ethics --- Social medicine --- Science --- Bioethics. --- Medical ethics. --- E-books --- Medical Ethics --- Professionalism --- ethics --- bio-ethiek (medische, biomedische ethiek, bio-ethische aspecten) --- bioéthique (éthique médicale, biomédicale, aspects bioéthiques) --- methods.


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The baby boom : Americans born 1946 to 1964.
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ISBN: 1937737195 1461911192 9781461911197 1937737063 9781937737191 9781937737061 9781937737078 1937737071 Year: 2012 Publisher: Ithaca : New Strategist Publications, Inc.,

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The enormous size of the Baby-Boom generation ensures that when it sneezes the nation catches a cold. Today, the United States has pneumonia, struggling to recover from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The collapse and subsequent paralysis of the housing market has decimated the net worth of Boomers, millions of them on the brink of retirement. The seventh edition of The Baby Boom: Americans Born 1946 to 1964 is your strategic guide to the changing socioeconomic status of this important generation of Americans.

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Baby boom generation -- United States -- Economic conditions -- Statistics. --- Baby boom generation -- United States -- Statistics. --- Consumer behavior -- United States -- Statistics. --- Consumers -- United States -- Statistics. --- Health Care --- Sociology --- Life --- Social Sciences --- Age Groups --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Persons --- Philosophy --- Named Groups --- Humanities --- Socioeconomic Factors --- Quality of Life --- Population Characteristics --- Adult --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Conditions --- Population Heterogeneity --- Population Statistics --- Characteristic, Population --- Characteristics, Population --- Heterogeneity, Population --- Population Characteristic --- Statistics, Population --- Health-Related Quality Of Life --- Life Quality --- Health Related Quality Of Life --- Adults --- Factors, Socioeconomic --- High-Income Population --- Inequalities --- Land Tenure --- Standard of Living --- Factor, Socioeconomic --- High Income Population --- High-Income Populations --- Inequality --- Living Standard --- Living Standards --- Population, High-Income --- Populations, High-Income --- Socioeconomic Factor --- Tenure, Land --- Philosophical Overview --- Hedonism --- Stoicism --- Overview, Philosophical --- Overviews, Philosophical --- Philosophical Overviews --- Philosophies --- Person --- Age Group --- Group, Age --- Groups, Age --- Science, Social --- Sciences, Social --- Social Science --- General Social Development and Population --- Community-Based Distribution --- Contraceptive Distribution --- Delivery of Healthcare --- Dental Care Delivery --- Distribution, Non-Clinical --- Distribution, Nonclinical --- Distributional Activities --- Healthcare --- Healthcare Delivery --- Healthcare Systems --- Non-Clinical Distribution --- Nonclinical Distribution --- Delivery of Dental Care --- Health Care Delivery --- Health Care Systems --- Activities, Distributional --- Activity, Distributional --- Care, Health --- Community Based Distribution --- Community-Based Distributions --- Contraceptive Distributions --- Deliveries, Healthcare --- Delivery, Dental Care --- Delivery, Health Care --- Delivery, Healthcare --- Distribution, Community-Based --- Distribution, Contraceptive --- Distribution, Non Clinical --- Distributional Activity --- Distributions, Community-Based --- Distributions, Contraceptive --- Distributions, Non-Clinical --- Distributions, Nonclinical --- Health Care System --- Healthcare Deliveries --- Healthcare System --- Non Clinical Distribution --- Non-Clinical Distributions --- Nonclinical Distributions --- System, Health Care --- System, Healthcare --- Systems, Health Care --- Systems, Healthcare --- HRQOL --- Life Style --- Cost of Illness --- Karnofsky Performance Status --- Value of Life --- Economics --- Pharmacy Philosophy --- Pharmacy Philosophies --- Philosophies, Pharmacy --- Philosophy, Pharmacy --- Baby boom generation --- Consumers --- Consumer behavior --- Economic conditions --- E-books --- Behavior, Consumer --- Buyer behavior --- Decision making, Consumer --- Human behavior --- Consumer profiling --- Market surveys --- Baby boomers --- Boomers, Baby --- Generation, Baby boom --- Post-war generation --- Postwar generation --- Generations --- Population --- Social Inequalities --- Social Inequality --- Inequalities, Social --- Inequality, Social --- Economic and Social Factors --- Social and Economic Factors --- Socioeconomic Characteristics --- Characteristic, Socioeconomic --- Socioeconomic Characteristic --- Names


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Generation X : Americans born 1965 to 1976
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ISBN: 1461911214 1937737187 1937737047 9781461911210 Year: 2012 Publisher: Ithaca : New Strategist Publications, Inc.,

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The new seventh edition of Generation X: Americans Born 1965 to 1976 tells the story of the small but vital generation spanning the ages of 36 to 47 in 2012. Although their numbers are small, lifestage dictates that Generation X is a vital part of the nation s commerce and culture. People in their thirties and forties are in the crowded-nest years. They are supposed to be advancing in their careers, their incomes should be growing, and their spending should climb because of the expenses of children and teens. Generation X: Americans Born 1965 to 1976 shows how Gen Xers are coping with these de

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Generation X -- United States -- Statistics. --- Young adults -- United States -- Statistics. --- Social Sciences --- Sociology --- Health Care --- Age Groups --- Life --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Persons --- Philosophy --- Named Groups --- Humanities --- Socioeconomic Factors --- Quality of Life --- Adult --- Population Characteristics --- Population Heterogeneity --- Population Statistics --- Characteristic, Population --- Characteristics, Population --- Heterogeneity, Population --- Population Characteristic --- Statistics, Population --- Adults --- HRQOL --- Health-Related Quality Of Life --- Life Quality --- Health Related Quality Of Life --- Life Style --- Cost of Illness --- Karnofsky Performance Status --- Value of Life --- Factors, Socioeconomic --- High-Income Population --- Inequalities --- Land Tenure --- Standard of Living --- Factor, Socioeconomic --- High Income Population --- High-Income Populations --- Inequality --- Living Standard --- Living Standards --- Population, High-Income --- Populations, High-Income --- Socioeconomic Factor --- Tenure, Land --- Economics --- Pharmacy Philosophy --- Philosophical Overview --- Hedonism --- Stoicism --- Overview, Philosophical --- Overviews, Philosophical --- Pharmacy Philosophies --- Philosophical Overviews --- Philosophies --- Philosophies, Pharmacy --- Philosophy, Pharmacy --- Person --- Age Group --- Group, Age --- Groups, Age --- Community-Based Distribution --- Contraceptive Distribution --- Delivery of Healthcare --- Dental Care Delivery --- Distribution, Non-Clinical --- Distribution, Nonclinical --- Distributional Activities --- Healthcare --- Healthcare Delivery --- Healthcare Systems --- Non-Clinical Distribution --- Nonclinical Distribution --- Delivery of Dental Care --- Health Care Delivery --- Health Care Systems --- Activities, Distributional --- Activity, Distributional --- Care, Health --- Community Based Distribution --- Community-Based Distributions --- Contraceptive Distributions --- Deliveries, Healthcare --- Delivery, Dental Care --- Delivery, Health Care --- Delivery, Healthcare --- Distribution, Community-Based --- Distribution, Contraceptive --- Distribution, Non Clinical --- Distributional Activity --- Distributions, Community-Based --- Distributions, Contraceptive --- Distributions, Non-Clinical --- Distributions, Nonclinical --- Health Care System --- Healthcare Deliveries --- Healthcare System --- Non Clinical Distribution --- Non-Clinical Distributions --- Nonclinical Distributions --- System, Health Care --- System, Healthcare --- Systems, Health Care --- Systems, Healthcare --- General Social Development and Population --- Science, Social --- Sciences, Social --- Social Science --- Generation X --- Consumers --- Consumer behavior --- Demographic surveys --- Population surveys --- Census --- Social surveys --- Behavior, Consumer --- Buyer behavior --- Decision making, Consumer --- Human behavior --- Consumer profiling --- Market surveys --- Baby bust generation --- Baby busters --- Gen X --- X-ers --- X generation --- Xers --- Generations --- Population --- E-books --- Social Inequalities --- Social Inequality --- Inequalities, Social --- Inequality, Social --- Economic and Social Factors --- Social and Economic Factors --- Socioeconomic Characteristics --- Characteristic, Socioeconomic --- Socioeconomic Characteristic --- Names --- Young adults

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