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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 | |