Handbook of Eudaimonic Well-Being

1. The Most Important Idea in the World: An Introduction; Joar Vittersø.- PART I.  Philosophical Eudaimonism.- 2. The Philosophical Basis of Eudaimonic Psychology; Dan Haybron.- 3. Ethics and Eudaimonic Wellbeing; Johannes Hirata.- 4. Aristotle on Eudaimonia: On the Virtue of Returning to the Source; Blaine Fowers.- 5. Conceptual Challenges for a Science of Eudaimonic Wellbeing; Lorraine Besser.- PART II. Identifying the Elements of Psychological Eudaimonics.- 6.Beautiful Ideas and the Scientific Enterprise: Sources of Intellectual Vitality in Research on Eudaimonic Well-Being; Carol Ryff.- 7. Eudaimonia as a Way of Living: Connecting Aristotle with Self-Determination Theory; Richard Ryan and Frank Martela.- 8. Internal Motivation, Instrumental Motivation, and Eudaimonia; Barry Schwartz and Amy Wrzesniewski.- 9. Eudaimonia and Wisdom; Alan Law and Ursula Staudinger.- 10.Eudaimonic Growth: The Development of the Goods in Personhood (or: Cultivating a Good Life Story); Jack Bauer.- 11. Hedonia, Eudaimonia, and Meaning: Me versus Us; Fleeting versus Enduring; Michael F. Steger.- 12. The Eudaimonics of Positive Emotions; Barbara Fredrickson.- 13. On the Synergy between Hedonia and Eudaimonia: The Role of Passion; Bob Vallerand.- 14.The Eudaimonics of Self-Actualization; Rebecca J. Schlegel, Joshua Hicks and Andrew Christy.- 15. Eudaimonic and Hedonic Orientations: Theoretical Considerations and Research Findings; Veronika Huta.- 16. Genes, Environments and Core Features of Eudaimonic Wellbeing; Espen Røysamb and Ragnhild Bang Nes.- 17. The Feeling of Excellent Functioning: Hedonic and Eudaimonic Emotions; Joar Vittersø.- 18. Measuring Eudaimonic Wellbeing; Carmel Proctor and Roger Tweed.- PART III. Living Eudaimonically.- 19. Well-Doing: Personal Projects and the Social Ecology of Flourishing; Brian Little.- 20.The Eudaimonics of Human Strengths: The Relations Between Character Strengths and Well-Being; Claudia Harzer.- 21. The Mind of the "Happy Warrior":

Joar Vittersø is a professor of psychology at the University of Tromsø, Norway. He holds a Master's degree in social anthropology and a Ph.D. in social psychology, both from the University of Oslo. Author of more than 60 scientific journal articles and book chapters, Dr. Vittersø primarily conducts research on well-being, positive emotions and other elements of a good life.