Happiness

While happiness is a major factor on one’s demeanor, it is not essential to be happy one hundred percent of the time. With happiness comes the contrary emotions: sadness, fear, and anger. Not many people enjoy these emotions because they believe it intervenes with their personal happiness, but these emotions are vital if you are seeking true happiness. When you hear the words sad, fear, and angry, you may think of a difficult time in life, but these feelings are much more than just that. Despite…

A Response To Aristotle 's View of Happiness . Aristotle argues that the most important thing in peoples lives is the virtue of happiness. He writes that one attains happiness by living a life of virtue - "He is happy who lives in accordance with complete virtue and is sufficiently equipped with external goods, not for some chance period but throughout a complete life."(Aristotle) A life of virtue implies a life of reasoning for the end goal of doing what is good. Human good is fulfilling and…

Many people attempt to be happy, but only a few achieve happiness. Rubin Gretchen’s happiness project was somewhat effective in the trial of wanting to be happy, and reach a state of joy. Rubin experienced a diverse amount of activities. The most effective included talking to strangers, being there for her family and stop nagging at all times. In the first unit, “The Fundamentals of Happiness,” The Dalai Lama, states, “Not to have what we want but rather to want and appreciate what we have.”…

“Today I choose to be happy,” how often do people say or feel this way? What is happiness? Everyone answers this question differently. Some people believe being happy means having an abundance of money and materials. Others believe happiness is when there is confidence in who they are. All people can be happy. Many social influences can affect people’s happiness. Happiness is interpreted differently to everyone, but there is only one way to be truly happy. When people are genuinely delighted,…

According to Oxford English Dictionary, Happiness is defined as “The state of pleasurable contentment of mind; deep pleasure in or contentment with one's circumstances.” Happiness can be reached in a multitude of ways, and each person finds happiness in different things. Wealth, love, and success are common examples of what people use to determine happiness. However, these are not always adequate examples. Happiness is not found in material things, but many believe this is all that is needed to…

When I think of happiness I think of many different events in my life that have influenced me to feel positive emotions. In the text, researchers score happiness on a three level scale. These three levels are happiness, satisfaction with life, and neuroticism. Happiness can be measured in an emotional state. Satisfaction with life is more of weighing out their situations with alternatives and then assessing whether they are happy with their outcomes. Finally having low neuroticism. A big…

Scientifically, happiness is satisfaction, positive feelings, and a lack negative feelings (Porter 459). Most of us can agree with this statement and acknowledge that they feel the most happiness in these conditions, but what exactly is happiness? “For if happiness is what people strive for, one needn’t waste time trying to figure out what makes people happy. One must only look at what people do” (Porter 460). We choose to work and make money to benefit our happiness. Money is not what makes a…

In order to have any discussion about the notion of ‘happiness’, it is first necessary to develop at least some definition of what is being discussed. Whilst there have been many attempts to define happiness — like the maximisation of pleasure and minimisation of pain or as a complete satisfaction of our desires, for example — what is most fundamental and irrefutable is that happiness is a product of the mind, an experience just like love or anger or devotion or any other. Perhaps it is even…

“According to the normal view, happiness is the summum bonum towards which we’re naturally impelled by virtue - which in their definition means following one’s natural impulses” (72). Pursuing happiness is thought of as a self-centrical idea in the outside world. Once an individual attains happiness, they do not feel obligated to help the people around them, because they would rather continue to further their pleasure. Utopia, an imaginary perfect society created by Thomas More, is far different…

Professor Mary Seel March 20, 2018 ENG 111 Happiness Happiness is being happy, feeling pleasure or being content. This is something that people experience different levels of throughout their life. As society changes it is no longer socially acceptable to be unhappy or at least discuss with the public. People put on masks to cover their emotions. This has caused people to increase their efforts on trying to figure out what leads to happiness rather than what happiness is. Over the years…