In the course of our unit on “happiness,” we have examined some key aspects of the happiness as introduced by various texts we have read, watched and discussed, including: Nic Marks (TED Talk), “The Happy Index”; The Bible, “Gospel of Matthew”; Csikszentmihalyi, “If We Are So Rich, Why Aren’t We Happy?”; Lyubomirsky, “How Happy Are You and Why?”; Lewis, “We Have No Right to Be Happy”; the videos on this topic available to you on our class site.
You will write an essay in which you define “happiness” and argue that your perspective–an interpretation, an evaluative judgment, or a critical evaluation–is a valid one. In this essay you are developing your position with evidence from some of the primary texts we have been studying, as well as research you have conducted via your happiness interviews. In your examination of “happiness,” you may want to consider some of the lenses through which experts view “happiness” (spiritual, scientific, philosophical), ways to achieve happiness, some of the obstacles to achieving happiness, and perhaps even what happiness is not.
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