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Freedom and Flourishing

http://wintonbates.blogspot.com

The purpose of this blog is to explore relationships between freedom (liberty) and human flourishing.

Added on: Mar 29th, 2008
Country: Australia
Language: English

Author: Winton Bates
Listed in: Economics Libertarian
Tags: liberty happiness economics freedom self-actualization autonomy

Recent Posts

How closely does the global peace index reflect internal safety and security?

Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 23:19 in well-being measurement issues

In my last post on the Global Peace Index (GPI) I implied that potential users (such as myself) who are primarily interested in the internal peacefulness of different societies would be more interested in a sub-index excluding the effects of militari...
What does the global peace index measure?

Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 22:52 in well-being measurement issues

The creators of the Global Peace Index (GPI), the Institute for Economics and Peace (aka Vision of Humanity), claim that their index represents the first attempt that has been made to rank the nations of the world by their peacefulness. The GPI is ap...
Is a \'good society\' index a good idea?

Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 21:32 in social capital, well-being measurement issues

Before attempting to answer this question I should recap some previous posts about the good society. Is there such a thing as a good society? Yes. A good society is one that has institutions that are good for its members.What are the characteris...
What does the Legatum Prosperity Index measure?

Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 22:43 in well-being measurement issues

Prosperity. However, my initial reaction when I first looked at the index was that it was more like an index of the quality of life or well-being than of prosperity. My perception of prosperity was too narrow. One of the purposes of the index is appa...
How do preferences relate to well-being?

Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 03:06 in autonomy and responsibility, well-being and utility

Readers of this blog will know that I am attracted to a developmental view of individual well-being. I have previously argued that if happiness is viewed as a positive emotional state (involving, for example, peace of mind, optimism, uncompression, e...
Should we expect the rules of a good society to be good for everyone?

Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 19:48 in political institutions, social capital, rationality of behaviour

In my view, we should expect the rules of a good society to have the assent of nearly everyone but that does not mean that these rules are good for everyone. In particular, the law of liberty – preventing people from interfering with the protected ...