The Science of Happiness
Sheltering-at-home with kids? These questions can help them, and us, focus on the good things in life.
CLEAR ALL
A discussion of the philosophy of happiness in life can be seen as an examination of the very nature of happiness and what it means for the universe.
1
In The Conquest of Happiness, first published by Liveright in 1930, iconoclastic philosopher Bertrand Russell attempted to diagnose the myriad causes of unhappiness in modern life and chart a path out of the seemingly inescapable malaise so prevalent even in safe and prosperous Western societies.
The concept of well-being plays a central role in moral and political theory. Policies and actions are justified or criticized on the grounds that they make people better or worse off.