Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. Most of the time happiness represented by a symbol of a smile.
Philosophers and religious thinkers often define happiness in terms of living a good life, or flourishing, rather than simply as an emotion. Happiness in this sense was used to translate the Greek Eudaimonia, and is still used in virtue ethics.
Happiness is a fuzzy concept and can mean many different things to many people. Part of the challenge of a science of happiness is to identify different concepts of happiness, and where applicable, split them into their components. Related concepts are well-being, quality of life and flourishing. At least one author defines happiness as contentment. Some commentators focus on the difference between the hedonistic tradition of seeking pleasant and avoiding unpleasant experiences, and the eudaimonic tradition of living life in a full and deeply satisfying way. |
Things that people often do when they are happy:
- Make good friends
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- Actively to pursue their goal
- Do their hobbies often
- Give
- Live the life they want to live
Philosophical questions:
1. How to be happy?
2. Can money buy us happiness?
3. Will people be happy if their utility fulfilled?
4. How people manage to be happy with unlimited want?
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