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. PHIL 3160 – Philosophy of Happiness - "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."
I think external forces are always testing us and our state of mind, but I'd like to think that we can be in control of our own happiness if we have the willingness and ability to let the external forces have no effect on us.
I think external forces are always testing us and our state of mind, but I'd like to think that we can be in control of our own happiness if we have the willingness and ability to let the external forces have no effect on us.
ReplyDeleteFactual question: Who coined the expression "hedonic treadmill" and when?
ReplyDeleteAnswer: psychologists, Phillip Brickman and Donald Campbell
in 1971
Discussion question: Do you agree with them in thinking that people only respond briefly to ups and downs in life before returning to a neutral state?
Factual question: Who coined the expression "hedonic treadmill" and when?
ReplyDeleteAnswer: psychologists, Phillip Brickman and Donald Campbell
in 1971
Discussion question: Do you agree with them in thinking that people only respond briefly to ups and downs in life before returning to a neutral state?