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The Happiness Hypothesis

Jonathan Haidt

  • 317 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 2005
  • 12 editions
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1 About this book

Applies the latest findings in psychology and brain research to the wisdom of the ancients to define what makes people happy and how you can find more happiness in your life. Confirms and builds on the happiness formula defined by other psychologists: H=S+C+V or Happiness = your biological Setpoint + the Conditions of your life + the Voluntary activities you do.

Good for readers who want: happiness, meditation, and psychology.

  • Happiness
  • Meditation
  • Morality
  • Psychology
  • Philosophical anthropology
  • Brain, research
  • Divinity
  • Love

2 About Jonathan Haidt

Born 1963

Jonathan David Haidt ( HYTE; born October 19, 1963) is an American social psychologist and author. He is a professor of business and society and the Thomas Cooley Chair in Ethical Leadership at the New York University Stern School of Business. Haidt's main areas of study are the psychology of morality and moral emotions.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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