Abstract

MADRID-RAMIREZ, Raúl. The Notion of Subjective Well-Being and the Concept of Law. On the Link between Legal Standards and Human Happiness. Díkaion [online]. 2017, vol.26, n.1, pp.31-52. ISSN 0120-8942.  https://doi.org/10.5294/dika.2017.26.1.3.

The aim of this work is to analyze the contemporary idea of subjective well-being as equivalent to the classical notion of happiness. The parameters that derive from this subjective well-being are examined as well, in an effort to formulate a relationship with the law, which is understood as the entire body of normative prescriptions in force in a community. With that end in mind, the traditional Aristotelian notion of happiness is summarized to compare the differences between it and the idea of subjective well-being, the development of which occupies the body of this work. The conclusions point to the relationship with the effects - for understanding the law - that are derived from the methodologies related to the notion of subjective well-being.

Keywords : Happiness; subjective right; subjective well-being; quality of life; preferences..

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