Abstract
There is a growing literature on wellness for law in Australia and elsewhere. Significant uncertainty exists, however, about what exactly wellness means in this context. I argue that wellness is not best understood either as the absence of psychological distress or as the presence of life satisfaction or positive affect. I propose an alternative understanding of wellness that centres around the role of basic values in human flourishing. Wellness, I suggest, consists inparticipating in the various dimensions of human flourishing in a balanced and integrated way.This approach draws out the deep challenges that wellness poses to legal education and practice.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 261-265 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Alternative Law Journal |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 31 Aug 2020 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 2020 |