Gross National Happiness

A Philosophical Appraisal

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12901940
AutoresThaddeus Metz (0000-0001-9861-2408, Schlumberger (Ireland), autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume8
Fascículo3
Páginas218-232
Data de publicação2014-07-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17496535.2014.932420
OpenAlexW2027172323
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas13

For more than 40 years, the Kingdom of Bhutan has eschewed evaluating its socio-economic status in terms of Gross Domestic Product and has instead done so under the heading of ‘Gross National Happiness’ (GNH). As part of the upswing in international interest in well-being as the proper final end of development, it would be apt to critically explore the approach that has been in use for several decades. In this article, I expound the central elements of GNH and discuss their strengths and weaknesses from a moral-philosophical perspective. I conclude that while GNH covers some blind spots missed by influential Western indices with which readers are likely to be more familiar, the latter, along with Martha Nussbaum's Capabilities Approach, also have corrections to offer the former, inviting a fascinating cross-cultural exchange about how to understand the nature of well-being for purposes of public policy

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