Happiness, Gladness, or Joy is a mental or emotional state of well-being defined by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joyШУУД ҮЗЭХ and
Happiness, Gladness, or Joy is a mental or emotional state of well-being defined by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.A variety of biological, psychological, religious, and philosophical approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources. Various research groups, including positive psychology, are employing the scientific method to research questions about what "happiness" is, and how it might be attained.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. There has been a transition over time from emphasis on the happiness of virtue to the virtue of happiness.A widely discussed political value expressed in the United States Declaration of Independence of 1776, written by Thomas Jefferson, is the universal right to "the pursuit of happiness.
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