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Human well-being is not a random phenomenon. It depends on many factors - ranging from genetics and neurobiology to sociology and economics. But, clearly, there are scientific truths to be known about how we can flourish in this world. Wherever we can have an impact on the well-being of others, questions of morality apply.

Gratification and happiness are becoming important measures of our quality of life.

We need to accept that consumption is not the end goal of our life and stop measuring our well-being simply on the basis of earnings. We need to explicitly take the quality of our work-related life into account in judging our well-being.

All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically every human being, and certainly in almost every newborn baby, that there is an active will toward health, an impulse towards growth, or towards the actualization.

All parents are concerned about their children's well-being. As a parent of three kids, I'm very concerned about their well-being.

When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong - either through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationship - the impact on a child's later life can be devastating.

Wellbeing is a notion that entails our values about the good life, and questions of values are not ultimately scientific questions.

To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well, one is living it no longer.

Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest in the world.