Humor and the Common Good
eBook - ePub

Humor and the Common Good

Why Humor Is Important for the Good Life

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eBook - ePub

Humor and the Common Good

Why Humor Is Important for the Good Life

About this book

The role of humor as helpful in our individual lives has long been touted. Satirists and comics have also been known to play important roles in our society. But what hasn't been explored is why and how humor and mirth are important to the overall health of the public. This book explores the idea of humor as a public good. A good the promotes the health and well-being of the society and its individual members. The book begins with an exploration of the notion of a public good and then argues for a particular view of what a public good is. Topics covered will include the importance of humor and mirth to an individual's happiness, the role of satire and the comic in our world, and how these two pieces together work to promote the public good. Content will be devoted to covering what humor is and how it works and why the way it works is also important to the public good. Ultimately, the argument for humor as a public good is to help grow the purview of humor studies more generally as well as provide and novel argument about the relevance and importance of humor in our public and private lives.

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Yes, you can access Humor and the Common Good by Michael K. Cundall, Jr. in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Philosophy & Modern Philosophy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9783110760279
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Modern Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Frontmatter
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction Sketching the Argument for Humor & the Common Good
  8. Chapter 1 Views on the Common Good
  9. Chapter 2 Humor, Laughter, & Mirth in Our Lives: Laughter as an Aggregative Common Good
  10. Chapter 3 Humor, Happiness, & Wellbeing
  11. Chapter 4 Beyond the Instrumental Benefits of Humor
  12. Chapter 5 Humor, Laughter, & Mirth in Interpersonal Relationships: Philosophical & Empirical Findings
  13. Chapter 6 Humor, Laughter, & Mirth in Society: Philosophical & Empirical Findings
  14. Chapter 7 The Darker Side of Humor: Ridicule & Social Degradation
  15. Chapter 8 Isn’t it Funny When We Fail: Shortcomings of the Project, Objections Entertained
  16. Chapter 9 He Who Laughs Last: Concluding Remarks for Laugher
  17. Index