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#Is Happiness the end of a good life (recall stoics)?
 
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#What are the significant new findings in economics and psychology regarding well-being? What are the implications, if any, of these findings?
 
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Major Research Questions

  1. How objective, real, subjective is happiness?
  2. Is it true that money does not make you happy?
  3. What role does fate and luck play in happiness?
  4. What role does wealth play in happiness?
  5. What role does love and intimacy play in happiness?
  6. What role does pleasure play in happiness?
  7. Do I need to be happy with my life to be happy?
  8. To what extent can we influence our general happiness by the things we do?
  9. What insights and practices, if any, can I make use of from historical philosophical and relgious thought on happiness (Christianity, Hellenistic schools, Yoga, Buddhism)?
  10. Is Happiness the end of a good life (recall stoics)?
  11. How compatible is Happiness with instances of great sadness in one's life?
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