PHIL 3160 – Philosophy of Happiness

What is it, how can we best pursue it, why should we? Supporting the study of these and related questions at Middle Tennessee State University and beyond. "Examining the concept of human happiness and its application in everyday living as discussed since antiquity by philosophers, psychologists, writers, spiritual leaders, and contributors to pop culture."

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Friday, October 24, 2025

Questions Oct 28

 

  1. Interpretive challenges to a reliable picture of happiness are especially pronounced in which societies? 149
  2. What did the American Psychiatric Association apologize for in 2021? 154
  3. What kinds of questions do the authors think should be added to subjective well-being studies? 160
  4. Measures of "hedonic balance" typically focus on what? How might this be misleading? 164
  5. Judgments of life satisfaction are arbitrary in part because there's no reason to think most people know where to set what? 173
  6. What's the difference between being judiciously positive and being Pollyanna? 180-81
  7. Work in philosophy of language and logic, linguistics, and the emotions definitively shows what? 186
  8. The consensus seems to be that the primary duties of a good society are  what? Do they unambiguously predict happiness? 189
  9. The authors have contended that what goods come first? 191
  10. Instead of, or in addition to, a worldwide movement to advance happiness the authors propose that educators do what? 201-2

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