Informing the Sustainable Pursuit of Happiness
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Do People Make Choices That Maximize Happiness?
4.2. Refining a Quantitative Theory of Happiness
4.3. Informing the Sustainable Pursuit of Happiness
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Research Question | Approach |
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What are the shapes of happiness curves for a reasonable set of activities ranked by sustainability implications? | Measure temporal patterns of subjective happiness during each activity in a controlled or natural setting, while also accounting for sustainability implications. |
How does the capacity for subjective happiness renew between bouts of activity, and what are the sustainability implications of switching? | Control spacing between bouts of activities and measure subjective happiness and related sustainability implications. |
How do genetic factors, developmental history, and social constraints influence happiness curves, and how do those factors impact our environment? | Seek associations between putative factors and parameters of happiness curves in a diverse pool of subjects, organized by related sustainability implications. |
Do happiness curves depend on controlled interventions that guide sustainable behavior versus choices without intervention? | Compare happiness curves between groups of people either guided toward certain activities or left to make their own choices and their related sustainability implications; a difference between the curves for the same activity reflects the effect of the intervention. |
What is the uncertainty in parameters of happiness curves and sustainability implications? | Analyze factors that influence the variance of parameters, such as initial rate of happiness and the rate of habituation and the associated sustainability implications. |
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Cloutier, S.; Angilletta, M.; Mathias, J.-D.; Onat, N.C. Informing the Sustainable Pursuit of Happiness. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9491. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229491
Cloutier S, Angilletta M, Mathias J-D, Onat NC. Informing the Sustainable Pursuit of Happiness. Sustainability. 2020; 12(22):9491. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229491
Chicago/Turabian StyleCloutier, Scott, Michael Angilletta, Jean-Denis Mathias, and Nuri C. Onat. 2020. "Informing the Sustainable Pursuit of Happiness" Sustainability 12, no. 22: 9491. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229491