Group 3 test questions

1. What is Bertrand Russell’s outlook on happiness in The Conquest of Happiness
   “it lies within the power of individuals, given average good fortune, to achieve or “conquer” happiness. Chapter 7
   
2. Shelly Taylor writes about “positive illusions” and says that people have at least 3 mildly self­enhancing beliefs. What are they?
   1. self aggrandizing perceptions
   2. illusion of control
   3. unreal optimism about the future p. 164, Chapter 8
   
3. Bok says that we can be happy without being optimistic or outgoing. What do we need to experience fully? Gratitude Chapter 7
   
4. Schopenhauer was said to believe that every trace of happiness found on earth is to be frustrated­­true or false? True
   
5. What are Teilhard 3 attitudes to life and happiness?
   1. the tired, constricted view
   2. the approach of the hedonist/pleasure­seeker
   3. the enthusiast p. 117, Chapter 6
   
6. According to WayneSumner, what are 4 dimensions of value that lives can have? 1. prudential value
   

2. aesthetic value
3. perfectionist value
4. ethical value p. 130

7. Seneca believes that wealth can add to happiness,­­true or false? corrupt or dominate.
   
8. How does Diderot summarize Seneca’s message in De Vita beata? without virtue” p. 82
   

True, if it doesn’t
“no happiness

9. Who was the first Christian to depict torment in hell as the punishment for suicide?
   Augustine p. 70
   
10. Aristotle specified 3 sorts of goods as contributing to happiness­­what are they? 1. goods of the soul­­moral virtues
    2. bodily goods­­health
    3. external goods­­wealth p. 47