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Happiness and Experience

People take it for granted that they want happiness.  The ancient Greeks asked, ?What is happiness??  Does happiness exist?  Is it a state of being?  Is happiness a state of being, or a transient emotion?  ?Happiness is fleeting,? people often say. If happiness does exist ? and anyone who has been depressed, and thus has experienced the absence of happiness knows that it does - How does one find happiness?  Are people rational about seeking happiness? People stood in line for hours to obtain the new iPad.  This metallic object was so important that its purchase could not be delayed.  What the iPad did for a person on Saturday that could not have waited until Sunday doesn?t seem to have an answer. The iPad is a merely the newest toy ? and those who mock the iPad adapters no doubt spend money on their own brand of toys...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on April 04, 2010 (boomark / email).