Are subjective measures of well-being 'direct'?
Are subjective measures of well-being 'direct'?
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10.1080/00048400903401665
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2011-01-01
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Angner, Erik
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作者：
Angner, Erik
幸福感的主观衡量是基于对以下问题的回答来衡量的：“总的来说，你觉得最近的事情怎么样？你会说你最近很开心、很开心还是不太开心？”通常被认为优于更传统的经济福利措施，例如，出于公共政策目的。本文旨在阐述和评估我称之为直接性论证的观点：幸福感的主观测量比经济测量更能代表幸福感，因为主观测量（而且只有主观测量）是幸福感的直接测量。我的主要论点是，这个论点回避了反对经济措施支持者的问题：它是基于一个他们拒绝的前提，这个前提不亚于论点的结论，即幸福是由主观体验的精神状态构成的命题。我坚持认为，如果主观衡量标准可以作为有效的幸福衡量标准来辩护，那是因为它们是（不完美的）间接衡量标准。
Subjective measures of well-beingmeasures based on answers to questions such as 'Taking things all together, how would you say things are these dayswould you say you're very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy these days?'are often presented as superior to more traditional economic welfare measures, e.g., for public policy purposes. This paper aims to spell out and assess what I will call the argument from directness: the notion that subjective measures of well-being better represent well-being than economic measures do because subjective measures (and subjective measures alone) are direct measures of well-being. My main thesis is that the argument begs the question against proponents of economic measures: it is based on a premise that they reject and that is no less in need of justification than the conclusion of the argument, namely, the proposition that well-being is constituted by subjectively experienced mental states. If subjective measures can be defended as valid measures of well-being at all, I will maintain, it is because they are (imperfect) indirect measures of well-being.