Happiness

Happiness. I am striving to see happiness to relate success to my life. My first ideas of criteria to consider my life successful were my dream house and my dream job. While these are important goals in my life, they will always remain goals. They are what I picture when I imagine a perfect life. Realistically, no one person will ever achieve a perfect life, but I know I can achieve a happy one. Waking up enthusiastic about my job is one something I must do to feel content with my life. As of…

Seeking Pleasure, Entertainment, and Happiness A negative teen’s main goal in life is to seek happiness and pleasure. Happiness can be hard to come by. For most of them, they think they can find happiness in pleasure and entertainment. They satisfy themselves with what they take pleasure in, or makes them feel good. And what they take pleasure in doing may actually be immoral and illogical to their character, dignity, integrity, personality, and inner spiritual well-being. They also believe that…

Happiness. It cannot be measured nor can it be traded. However, it is all people seek in life. The Webster dictionary defines “Happiness” as the state of well-being and contentment. Everyone wants to have happiness and a lot of it. Many people have never discovered what makes them happy. Most of the time, people have a hard time describing what makes them happy, since most people have not thought about it. So, is happiness merely a state of mind? I believe true happiness is something…

Haybron’s view of happiness is a perfect account of happiness in regards to practical utility. Throughout his theory, he continuously emphasizes that happiness is far more than a simple fleeting feeling. By distinguishing between three separate forms of happiness, Haybron makes it simple for the reader to understand the significance of both the psyche and well-being of an individual. In psychological happiness, Haybron certainly provides a new and refreshing outlook on happiness. First, he…

Happiness can be one of the most difficult things to attain. Philosophers began studying about happiness thousands of years ago and these philosophers tried to put a valid definition to happiness. The definition of happiness varied from person to person. The meaning of happiness can range from having an abundance of money or it can simply be spending time with friends. However, happiness is a state of joy represented by cheerful expressions or positive actions. Philosophers such as Socrates,…

of possessing good in life was necessary for happiness: “some are necessary conditions while others are naturally useful and cooperative as instruments.” (Nicomachean Ethics 1099b28-29). He further explains that “having friends seems to be the greatest external good” (Nicomachean Ethics 9.9.1169b10-11). Friendship can be used to achieve this external good for it is deemed a virtuous action which is considered necessary for achieving the desired happiness that Aristotle speaks of throughout the…

Happiness is not something tangible we can grasp but yet it is what we all seek. We try to fulfill the feeling of happiness by buying materialistic commodities, hanging out with love ones, and even buying a pet, the list goes on different individuals have different expectations for happiness. Happiness changes over time it is never one stationary goal. In Milhaly Csikszentmihalyi Happiness Revisited begins by explaining that we are no longer closer to finding happiness than twenty-three hundred…

Barry Schwarts does make a good point by saying that, “Happiness as a byproduct of living” and while I agree with this statement. I do not agree with the rest of the statement, “but happiness as a goal is a recipe for disaster.” I believe that there is nothing wrong for striving for happiness in your life, most people do, but I think the part that becomes detrimental is when you striving for happiness 24/7. At this point you get into this mindset that at every given moment you have to be happy…

continually searching for happiness. It is what individuals would like in life, right? Individuals search for this feeling their whole lives. They search for the feeling of joy to put a smile on not only their face but other’s faces as well. All individuals find this happiness through different activities, pastimes, and people. The definition of happiness is different for all, therefore scientists have determined it to be, in concept, a feeling of contentment. True happiness starts with an…

today’s society happiness has many definitions. The word has a different meaning to each one of us. Happiness being one of the most sought after feeling, it is acquired and not given, and it is learned and not earned. While some get a small glimpse of it, some find it and others never know it. No matter the meaning, everyone in my circle agrees that happiness is the single most important feeling a person could have. People of all walks of life set personal goals to simply be happy. Happiness, an…