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Contrasting Views of Happiness »

J.P. Moreland and Klaus Issler contrast two views of happiness in their excellent book, The Lost Virtue of Happiness: Discovering the Disciplines of the Good Life. The first, contemporary view of happiness defines happiness as pleasurable satisfaction–a feeling heavily dependent on external circumstances, often seeking to fill the self with “calories, romance, consumer goods, [...]