A Review of Western and Eastern Traditional Views of Well-Being  

作　　者：HAN Feng CHEN Xuanyu 

机构地区：[1]Tsinghua University,Beijing,China [2]Beijing Normal University,Beijing,China

出　　处：《Sociology Study》2024年第1期27-38,共12页

基　　金：supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under Grant[number:2022M721836]The Breakout of“Involution”:A Study on the Academic Aspirations and Wellbeing of Undergraduate Students in Research Universities.

摘　　要：This paper reviews traditional understanding of well-being from both Western and Eastern cultural perspectives. First, two distinct Western traditions in defining well-being are compared, namely hedonic and eudaemonic approaches. The hedonic approach defines happiness as the maximization of pleasure, while the eudaemonic approach regards happiness as the fulfillment of a person’s natural needs and overall flourishing. Second, the views of well-being in lens of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism in the East are reviewed. The common and different understandings of well-being between Western and Eastern traditions are discussed as followed. Finally, two well-known operationalized definitions of well-being, that is subjective well-being and psychological well-being, proposed in the roots of Western traditions are elucidated.

关 键 词：WELL-BEING HEDONISM eudaemonism subjective well-being psychological well-being 

分 类 号：G12[文化科学]