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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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Happiness Is a Process | |
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The Meaning of Happiness in a Global Age | |
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Happiness: The Universal Quest | |
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What Social Data Tells Us and What It Does Not | |
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What Makes People around the Globe Happy | |
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Group, Self, or Something Else | |
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What Makes a Person Happy | |
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Personal Health and Happiness | |
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Happiness Is a Cultural Expectation | |
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Happiness: The Gift of Nature | |
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Happiness and the Brain | |
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Hardwired for Happiness | |
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Happiness Is a Goal | |
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Happiness Is a Value | |
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Happiness: A Commitment to Choose | |
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Psychology and Happiness | |
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The Foundations of Happiness | |
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The Essence of Happiness: What It Is Not | |
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Happiness: The Way to More of It | |
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The Qualities of Happiness | |
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Happiness: Putting the Pieces Together | |
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Positivity | |
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Extroversion | |
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Relatedness | |
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Competence | |
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Autonomy | |
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Meaning | |
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When Unhappiness Washes over Us, What Then? | |
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Happiness: The Human Dilemma | |
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Philosophy: The Search for Meaning | |
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Happiness from There to Here | |
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Happiness and Pleasure | |
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Happiness Is Pursued, Not Achieved | |
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Happiness Is Possible but Not Guaranteed | |
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Happiness and Choice | |
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Happiness and Human Rights | |
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Pleasure and Happiness: The Difference between Them | |
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Happiness: The Eternal Goal | |
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The Good Life: The Happiness That Lasts | |
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Religion: A Finger Pointing at the Moon | |
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Hinduism: The One Thing Necessary | |
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Hinduism: The Measure of the Happy Life | |
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Buddhism: The Call to End Suffering | |
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Buddhism: The Path to Freedom | |
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Judaism: Chosen to Be Happy | |
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Judaism: The People of the Law | |
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Christianity: The Happy Life Is Elsewhere | |
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Christianity: Happy Are They Who… | |
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Islam: Submission and Community | |
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Islam: Living the Good Life | |
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Religion and the Paths to Happiness | |
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Epilogue: Putting the Pieces Together | |
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Endnotes | |