Understanding the diversity of conceptions of well-being and quality of life

The concepts of well-being and quality of life concern evaluative judgements. There is insufficient understanding in current literature that these judgements are made variously due to not only use of differing values and differing research instruments but also differing standpoints, differing purposes, and differing theoretical views and ontological presuppositions. The paper elucidates these sources of differences and how they underlie the wide diversity of current conceptions.

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Year of publication:	2009-11-01
Authors:	Gasper, Gasper, D.R.
Institutions:	Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
Subject:	concepts \| quality of life \| well-being

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	ISS Working Papers - General Series. - ISSN 0921-0210.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series RePEc:ems:euriss Number 483
Classification:	A13 - Relation of Economics to Social Values ; D60 - Welfare Economics. General ; I30 - Welfare and Poverty. General ; Z13 - Social Norms and Social Capital
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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