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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalThe book seeks to answer the following main questions: What is meant by happiness? What are the sources of happiness? What is meant by the well-being of man? What is the end in human life? When can we say that a man is successful in life? How can he be happy and successful?
It is argued that happiness is not pleasure; it does not come through high income and consumption; beyond certain levels income and consumption cause dissatisfaction, unhappiness and alienation. The book upholds the Aristotelian view that happiness means living well – living a life of excellence. It discusses how moral judgment and habituation help the development of good life. It analyses paths of spiritual liberation, the highest state of human happiness. It also argues for a liberal state where people enjoy different negative and positive freedoms making possible flourishing of human diversities.
Rajendra M. Chakrabarti
Rajendra M. Chakrabarti had his education at Presidency College, Calcutta and the University of Calcutta. He obtained his doctorate degree in economics from the same university in 1965. The doctoral dissertation related to income and consumption trends in India.
Dr Chakrabarti taught economics at Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur in the early 1960s. Later he became a professor of economics at the University of Burdwan. He is the author of numerous articles published in different economic journals. He is also the author of the book, Underdevelopment and Choices in Agriculture: The Indian Perspective. The book was the product of his research as a senior fellow of the ICSSR, New Delhi during 1976-79. His fields of specialisation include development economics, public economics, and moral philosophy.
