Does being ethical make you happier?
This paper proposes a contemporary assessment of Aristotle’s discussion of ethics and happiness for 11 large cultural groups. Our study adopts the division of cultural regions proposed by Fellmann et al. (1997) and World Value Survey’s subjective well-being and virtues data of 60.000 individuals for...
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| author | Gama, Fábio Júnior Clemente Quinet de Andrade Bastos, Suzana Assis, Tiana de Paula |
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| description | This paper proposes a contemporary assessment of Aristotle’s discussion of ethics and happiness for 11 large cultural groups. Our study adopts the division of cultural regions proposed by Fellmann et al. (1997) and World Value Survey’s subjective well-being and virtues data of 60.000 individuals for 55 countries between 2010 to 2014. The binary response model (probit) has life satisfaction as the dependent variable and as explanatory variables a group of ethical virtues. Such ethical virtues explore the perception that individuals have on issues related to humanitarianism, race, religion, and tax behavior; while intellectual virtues look at art, music, and education. Our results show that jointly (globally), countries presenting the virtues proposed by Aristotle is positively correlated with happiness. Additionally, our regional estimates suggest that cultural factors may influence which ethical values and behaviors are relevant to our level of life satisfaction in each macroregion. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-277612022-02-11T16:57:35Z Does being ethical make you happier? ¿Ser ético te hace más feliz? Ser ético faz você mais feliz? Gama, Fábio Júnior Clemente Quinet de Andrade Bastos, Suzana Assis, Tiana de Paula ethics Aristotle happiness eudaimonia ética Aristóteles felicidad eudaimonia This paper proposes a contemporary assessment of Aristotle’s discussion of ethics and happiness for 11 large cultural groups. Our study adopts the division of cultural regions proposed by Fellmann et al. (1997) and World Value Survey’s subjective well-being and virtues data of 60.000 individuals for 55 countries between 2010 to 2014. The binary response model (probit) has life satisfaction as the dependent variable and as explanatory variables a group of ethical virtues. Such ethical virtues explore the perception that individuals have on issues related to humanitarianism, race, religion, and tax behavior; while intellectual virtues look at art, music, and education. Our results show that jointly (globally), countries presenting the virtues proposed by Aristotle is positively correlated with happiness. Additionally, our regional estimates suggest that cultural factors may influence which ethical values and behaviors are relevant to our level of life satisfaction in each macroregion. Este artículo propone una evaluación contemporánea de la discusión de Aristóteles sobre la ética y la felicidad para 11 grupos culturales. Adopta la división de regiones culturales de Fellmann et al. (1997) y los datos de bienestar subjetivo y virtudes de la Encuesta de Valor Mundial de 60.000 personas para 55 países entre 2010 y 2014. El modelo de respuesta binaria (probit) tiene la satisfacción con la vida como variable dependiente y como variables explicativas virtudes éticas. Estas virtudes exploran la percepción que tienen las personas sobre humanitarismo, raza, religión y comportamiento fiscal; mientras que las virtudes intelectuales miran el arte, música y educación. Resultados muestran que en conjunto los países que presentan las virtudes Aristótelicas se correlacionan positivamente con la felicidad. Las estimaciones sugieren que los factores culturales pueden influir en qué valores y comportamientos éticos son relevantes para nuestro nivel de satisfacción con la vida en cada macrorregión. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 2021-08-25 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/27761 10.32348/1852.4206.v13.n2.27761 Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences; Vol. 13 No. 2 (2021): REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CIENCIAS DEL COMPORTAMIENTO; 59-69 Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; Vol. 13 Núm. 2 (2021): REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CIENCIAS DEL COMPORTAMIENTO; 59-69 1852-4206 10.32348/1852.4206.v13.n2 eng https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/27761/34944 Derechos de autor 2021 Fábio Gama, Suzana Quinet de Andrade Bastos, Tiana de Paula Assis http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | ethics Aristotle happiness eudaimonia ética Aristóteles felicidad eudaimonia Gama, Fábio Júnior Clemente Quinet de Andrade Bastos, Suzana Assis, Tiana de Paula Does being ethical make you happier? |
| title | Does being ethical make you happier? |
| title_alt | ¿Ser ético te hace más feliz? Ser ético faz você mais feliz? |
| title_full | Does being ethical make you happier? |
| title_fullStr | Does being ethical make you happier? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does being ethical make you happier? |
| title_short | Does being ethical make you happier? |
| title_sort | does being ethical make you happier |
| topic | ethics Aristotle happiness eudaimonia ética Aristóteles felicidad eudaimonia |
| topic_facet | ethics Aristotle happiness eudaimonia ética Aristóteles felicidad eudaimonia |
| url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/27761 |
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