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23 Cards in this Set
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It can be interpreted as a state of mind. |
Happiness |
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It can be an evaluation of one’s experiences in life. |
Happiness |
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The Ancient Greeks used the term __________ to refer to a person’s state of well-being or happiness. |
eudaimonia |
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for them , happiness is something to be achieved and a happy life is a good life |
GREEKS |
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He equates happiness with living a moral life, practicing virtues, fulfilling personal duties, and controlling one’s desires. |
PLATO |
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for him, happiness is the primary reason for human action, and one becomes happy through the practice of virtues and the accumulation of achievements. |
Aristotle |
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he said that , happiness means a life of peace that is free from fear and discomfort. |
EPICUREAN |
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Religious philosophers that define happiness as a union with God. |
St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas |
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proposes a view on happiness based on the greatest happiness principle. |
Utilitarianism |
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This principle states that a person’s actions are considered moral or desirable when they produce the greatest happiness for other people. |
UTILITARIANISM |
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approach happiness in terms of whole life satisfaction, where a person is able to evaluate his or her life experiences and determine his or her level of satisfaction with how he or she has lived life. |
CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHERS |
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defines happiness as “satisfaction with one’s life as a whole |
Wladyslaw Taatarkiewicz |
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he traces person’s happiness based on a total life pattern, that a person should not only be satisfied with the life he or she has lived, but must also feel constant joy and enthusiasm in life. |
Richard Brandt |
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Wayne Summer approaches happiness in two ways. |
From a cognitive perspective and On the emotional or affective side |
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, one must be able to look back at past experiences and have a positive evaluation of his or her condition. |
From a cognitive perspective |
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happiness is brought about by a sense of well being in having lived a life that is enriching and rewarding. |
On the emotional or affective side |
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well-being is considered to have three distinct elements. |
HAPPINESS |
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– which is satisfaction with one’s life. |
CONTENTMENT |
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which refers to the satisfaction of a person’s wants and desires. |
WELFARE |
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define happiness as a balance between a person’s emotions, moods, and feelings. |
PSYCHOLOGIST |
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use socioeconomic data to define happiness and well-being in numerical terms, giving rise to various statistics such as the Gross National Happiness Index and Gross National Well-Being Index. |
ECONOMIST |
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It includes an index which is used to measure the collective happiness and well-being of a population |
GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS |
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which is defined as the ability to control and define one’s own destiny, and the freedom to live a life of one’s choosing. |
DIGNITY |
