Happiness, Freedom and Control

Development, Freedom, and Rising Happiness: A Global Perspective (1981-2007).

Until recently, it was widely held that happiness fluctuates around set points, so that neither individuals nor societies can lastingly increase their happiness. Even though recent research showed that some individuals move enduringly above or below their set points, this does not refute the idea that the happiness levels of entire societies remain fixed. Our article, however, challenges this i...

Freedom and Control

1. Two principles of libertarianism A libertarian about free will typically holds at least one of the following two principles (see e.g. Kane 1996, though these are our formulations). The Principle of Alternate Possibilities (AP): I could have acted otherwise. Generally: for any free agent x, and action A performed by x in circumstances C at time t, then there was another action A', where A  A...

Anger control training on resiliency, happiness and general health

Sliding Mode Control for Single-degree-of-freedom Nonlinear Structures

The occurrence of catastrophic earthquakes necessitates further researches in the structure engineering for retrofitting construction structures. In this paper, the application of the active control in the structures’ seismic response has been addressed. A single degree of freedom nonlinear structure has been studied. The nonlinear dynamic of the structure is considered in which, the nonlinear ...

Freedom as Control

I present a model of freedom as control. Control is measured by the preferences of a decision-maker, or judge, who values flexibility and is neutral towards outcomes ex ante. Formally, I explore the consequences of adding a neutrality axiom to the Dekel, Lipman and Rustichini (2001) axioms for preference for flexibility. I characterize the consensus of all neutral judges about which choice situ...