Essays on Happiness

One of the age-old question that one could ever ask is, ‘what is happiness?’. Happiness is and has been dreamt of by everyone and yet we still can’t define it exactly. Humans in pursuit of their happiness do often discuss and one of the main...

In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Montag’s unhappiness tests his relationship with his wife and pushes him to do things that should have been done before. After Montag meets a strange girl, he starts questioning what happiness really is. He starts realizing that books may...

I believe that the reading Feeling good. The best things in life: A guide to what really matters (Hurka, 2010) is the most important reading as it shows how modern happiness today is one that is individualistic, in line with my belief that happiness is...

One of the secrets to happiness? Pets! Whether you travel a lot and only have time for a fish or are a proud dog parent, pets help to keep us happy. They think the world of their owners and are non-judgmental bundles of joy that...

‘I was 70 million dollars and I was depressed because I wanted to have 100′, a friend told me a few years ago when we had eaten after a conference in New York. He had literally collected tens of millions of dollars, but he thought...

Prosocial spending can be defined as the act of spending ones money and/or time on other people. The positive effect that prosocial spending has on wellbeing has been a widely researched phenomenon, and it seems as though many agree on their conclusions. The following essay...

In this literature review I am going to write about three articles which deal with how or rather on whom one should spend his or her money to maximize the happiness one receives from spending it. It is a topic which I think is rather...

Our deep-down happiness is an individual work, but some of the people believe that happiness depends on other’s actions and behavior. This belief is the reflection in the story “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by LeGuin. The author describes Omelas was a perfect...

Would you be able to live with yourself if you knew your happiness was dependent on the suffering of a child? In the short story “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”, written by Ursula K. Le Guin in 1973 this exact question is asked...

Morality and happiness are among the many issues that have troubled moral philosophers and scholars over the years. Most communities in the world value morality and often relate it happiness explaining the reason why the topics of morality and happiness are a major concern to...