STS 10

• In Psychology, happiness is a mental or emotional state of wellbeing
• To behaviorists, happiness is a cocktail of emotions we experience when we do something good or positive.
• To neurologists, happiness is the experience of a flood of hormones released in the brain as a reward
• The hedonistic view of well-being is that happiness is the polar opposite of suffering; the presence of happiness indicates the absence of pain
• Hedonist believe that the purpose of life is to maximize happiness, which minimized misery
• Hedonist believe that the purpose of life is to maximize happiness, which minimized misery
• Eudaimonia, a term that combines the Greek word for "good" and "spirit" to describe ideology
• Eudaimonia defines happiness as the pursuit of becoming a better person
• Eudamonia means "good-spirited", coined by Aristotle. It describes the pinnacle of happiness that is attainable by humans.
• According to Aristotle, there is an end of all of the actions that we perform which we desire for itself - eudaimonia, flourishing or happiness, which is desired for its own sake
• According to Aristotle, there is an end of all of the actions that we perform which we desire for itself - eudaimonia, flourishing or happiness, which is desired for its own sake
• Eudaimonia is a property of one's life when considered as a whole
• Nicomachaen Ethics (philisophical inquiry into the nature of the good life for a human being) was Written by Aristotle's son, Nicomachus