Positive Psychology, Happiness, and Virtue: The Troublesome Conceptual Issues
Abstract
This article subjects the recently prominent theory of positive psychology to critical conceptual scrutiny, with emphasis on its general take on happiness, virtue, and positive emotion. It is argued that positive psychology suffers from internal divisions (such as divergent views of its proponents on what happiness is), ambiguities (e.g., regarding the possibility of nonvirtuous happiness), ambivalence (concerning self-realism vs....
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Title
Positive Psychology, Happiness, and Virtue: The Troublesome Conceptual Issues
Published Date
Dec 1, 2010
Journal
Volume
14
Issue
4
Pages
296 - 310
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