Happiness Is Overrated

Name: Happiness Is Overrated
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ISBN: 9780742533622

ISBN-10: 074253362X

ISBN-13: 9780742533622

Edition: 2003

Authors: Raymond Angelo Belliotti, Raymond Belliotti

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Belliotti examines what we mean by 'happiness', how we judge its importance & how we go about trying to find it. He reveals that being happy isn't a straightforward matter & suggests that achieving happiness isn't the defining moment of a satisfactory life, though it might be the icing on the cake.

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/19/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.90" wide x 9.02" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Preface



Topics



Acknowledgments



Greek, Roman, and Christian Happiness



Happiness as Moral and Intellectual Virtue



Happiness as Flourishing



Happiness as Radical Asceticism



Happiness as Hedonism



Happiness as Tranquility



Happiness as Worldly Transcendence



Happiness Reconceived



Happiness as Morally Earned



Happiness as Collective Achievement



Happiness as the Greatest Good for the Greatest Number



Happiness as Illusion



Happiness as Positive Psychological State



Contemporary Philosophical Views



Philosophy Joins Hands with Social Science



Happiness as Positive Self-Appraisal



Happiness as Accurate, Positive Self-Appraisal



Happiness as Connection to Objective, Preexisting Good



What We Learn from Contemporary Philosophers



Can Everyone Be Happy?



Should Everyone Be Happy?



How Much Suffering is Compatible with Happiness?



Why Happiness is Overrated



The Paths to Happiness



Adjust Expectations



Nurture Relationships



Be Optimistic and Appreciative



Have Faith



Make Peace, Not War



Be Goal-Oriented



Prioritize



Use Leisure Wisely, Energize the Senses, Eat and Exercise Properly



Go with Flow



Be Lucky



Forms of Happiness



The Meaning of Life



What Does it Mean to Say Life Has Meaning?



The Existential Problem



The Religious Solution



Eastern Religion



Western Religion



Assessment of Religion



Cosmic Meaninglessness



The Construction of Contingent Meaning



Nietzsche



Camus



Telescopes and Slinky Toys



Meaning & Significance



Death


Bibliography


Index


About the Author