Human Flourishing

A Conceptual Analysis

Eri Mountbatten-O’Malley (Bath Spa University, UK)

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Bloomsbury Academic
16 May 2024

Philosophy of mind; Ethics & moral philosophy; Psychology; Philosophy & theory of education

In this first systematic reconstruction of the concept of human flourishing, Eri Mountbatten-O’Malley addresses the central problems with the treatment of the concept in psychology, education, policy and science. Drawing on Wittgenstein and his followers, he develops a sophisticated methodology of conceptual analysis and makes the case for paying closer attention to complex human contexts, purposes and uses.

Adopting a conceptual approach, informed by fundamental insights adapted from Wittgenstein’s philosophy of language, Mountbatten-O’Malley highlights the key features and connections in the conceptual landscape of human flourishing, such as humanness, agency, personal growth, happiness and meaning. He considers the extent to which any claim to knowledge is reliant on a putative human nature, what that nature is, and how we can better understand such notions.

Re-humanizing current research on the concept that is technicalized and detached from ordinary uses, this volume takes the ‘human’ in conceptions of human flourishing seriously.

By: Eri Mountbatten-O’Malley (Bath Spa University UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350418882
ISBN 10: 1350418889
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 16 May 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introducing the Problem 1. Normativity, Language and Concepts 2. On the Analysis of Concepts 3. Humanness 4. A Sketch of Human Flourishing 5. ‘Human’ Agency 6. Personal Growth and Development 7. Summum Bonum: Happiness and Meaning Concluding Remarks Notes Bibliography Index

Eri Mountbatten-O’Malley is Senior Lecturer in Education Studies at Bath Spa University, UK.

Reviews for Human Flourishing: A Conceptual Analysis

This book is original, insightful, and provocative. It utilizes key insights from Wittgenstein and ordinary language philosophy to rigorously analyse the widely used but contested concept of flourishing. Its conclusions cannot be ignored. * Xavier Symons, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Human Flourishing Program in the Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University , USA * Eri Mountbatten-O'Malley has seized upon Wittgenstein's ideas and methods and used them to shed much needed light on the notion of human flourishing as deployed in education, psychology and political debate. His criticisms of essentialism, subjectivism, reductionism and scientism are powerful and persuasive. His advocacy of civilised humanism in the face of its numerous adversaries is laudable. * P.M.S. Hacker, Emeritus Research Fellow, St John’s College, University of Oxford, UK *