Human well-being has been a central philosophical topic throughout the history of philosophy\, though it has temporarily been out of fashion. It has recently achieved new prominence\, partly as a reaction to the boom in empirical studies of\, and public interest in\, the nature and conditions of well-being. Philosophers have tried to improve the conceptual and methodical foundations of well-being research\, though with mixed success.
\nPhilosophy itself has had difficulties moving beyond the stalemate between subjectivist and objectivist views\, and between the &ldquo\;big three&rdquo\; (hedonism\, desire satisfaction\, and objective list theories)\, and there are doubts about the real-world applicability or usefulness of abstract notions of well-being. New ideas for hybrid\, holistic\, dynamic\, or contextualist theories of well-being have been put forward\, but neither sufficiently developed nor widely discussed.
\nThis Special Issue aims to advance the state of the art of philosophical theorizing about human well-being\, by focusing on\, for example
\n- how to incorporate or otherwise respond to empirical findings
\n- how to develop new and more refined concept and methodologies for accurately measuring well-being
\n- how to synthesize or move beyond the dominant conflicting approaches \;
\n- how to respond more adequately to standard objections to the dominant approaches
\n- how to construct theories of more specific forms of well-being or well-being in particular groups or contexts
\n- the role of meaning and authenticity in well-being \;
\n- the role of cultural differences and culturally embedded notions and practices in human well-being\, and the study of it
\nSubmissions and questions regarding the publication (suggestions for contributions\, or abstracts\, are also welcome) should be sent to the guest editor prof. Sø\;ren Harnow Klausen\, University of Southern Denmark (harnow@sdu.dk) \;
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