Flourishing and the Value of Authenticity
This chapter examines the role of authenticity in well-being, focusing on issues raised by biotechnologies like gene editing. It is argued that there are good reasons to view authenticity as an aspect of well-being, and the chapter discusses some implications of this view for gene-editing technologies. Also briefly surveyed is the philosophical literature on well-being. The chief goal is to make the case that authenticity merits serious consideration as an aspect of well-being. Even if one concludes that it has no role in the best theory of well-being, the notion of authenticity is deeply embedded in ordinary thinking about the good life and merits attention from policymakers and others if only for that reason.
2015 ◽
Vol 39
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pp. 813-826
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2020 ◽
Vol 74
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pp. 493-513
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Neural correlates of the ‘good life’: eudaimonic well-being is associated with insular cortex volume
2013 ◽
Vol 9
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pp. 615-618
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