Invulnerability: On Securing Happiness

Luper-Foy, Steven;Luper, Steven

ISBN 10: 0812693221 / ISBN 13: 9780812693225

Published by Open Court Pub Co, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Invulnerability: On Securing Happiness
• Publisher: Open Court Pub Co
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812693221
• ISBN 13: 9780812693225
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

Steven Luper analyzes the nature of happiness and compares two strategies of pursuit: the western approach known as 'optimizing', in which we try to bring about the satisfaction of our desires, and the eastern method known as 'adapting', in which we transform our desires so that nothing can hurt us.
"Luper's clearly written, yet heartfelt, book will serve to widen the narrow horizons of contemporary moral debate, and not just within academia". -- David E. Cooper University of Durham

About the Author

Steven Luper (formerly Steven Luper-Foy) is Professor of Philosophy at Trinity University, San Antonio.