HAPPINESS

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HAPPINESS

• We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
  all men are created equal, that they are endowed
  by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,
  that among these are life liberty and the pursuit
  of happiness. Declaration of Independence In
  Congress July 4, 1776

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John D. Rockefeller

• I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a
  life devoted to pleasure.

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Helen Keller

• Happiness cannot come from without. It must come
  from within. It is not what we see and touch or
  that which others do for us which makes us happy
  it is that which we think and feel and do, first
  for the other fellow and then for ourselves.

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Gandhi

• Happiness is when what you think, what you say,
  and what you do are in harmony.

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Buddha

• Happiness comes when your work and words are of
  benefit to yourself and others.

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Carl Jung

• There are as many nights as days, and the one is
  just as long as the other in the year's course.
  Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of
  darkness, and the word 'happy' would lose its
  meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

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Death of a Salesman

• Who is an example of a happy person?
• Willy Loman?
• Biff? Happy? Linda?
• ________________
• Biff He had the wrong dreams. All, all, wrong.
• Biff He never knew who he was

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Moral Reflection and Happiness

• Critical examination of oneself
• Critical examination of your traditions
• - Personal value
• - Ethical value
• Cultivate your humanity
• Develop your narrative imagination

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Gross National Happiness Index

• Living Standard
• Health
• Education
• Eco-system diversity and resilience
• Cultural vitality and diversity
• Time use and balance
• Good governance
• Community vitality
• Psychological well-being
• http//www.bhutanstudies.org.bt/publications/publi
  cations.htm

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(un)Happiness Planet Index

• Life Satisfaction x Life Expectancy
• HPI Ecological Footprint
• Life satisfaction Survey Information
  (well-being)
• Life expectancy average number of years a person
  born can be expected to live
• Ecological Footprint how much land area is
  required to sustain a population at current
  levels of consumption, technological development
  ad efficiency
• http//www.neweconomics.org/gen/m1_i1_aboutushome.
  aspx
• What country is an example of a happy country?
• United States
• http//www.le.ac.uk/pc/aw57/world/sample.html