# Neera K. Badhwar **URL:** --- Dr. Neera K. Badhwar is a senior fellow with the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of Oklahoma. She is the author of [_Well-Being: Happiness in a Worthwhile Life_](https://www.mercatus.org/hayekprogram/research/books/well-being) (Oxford University Press, 2014), _Is Virtue Only A Means to Happiness_ (The Atlas Society, 2001, 2015), and the editor of _Friendship: A Philosophical Reader_ (Cornell University Press, 1993).