PHIL105 — Philosophy of Happiness
PHIL 105 - Philosophy of Happiness PHIL 105 - Philosophy of Happiness 5 Credits This course is about the nature of happiness. What is it? Is it overrated? Is it the goal of life? What connection, if any, does it have to a meaningful life? Do you have to be good to live a happy life or is it good to be bad? Are having health, money, a good job and relationships enough for a happy life? If you stop worrying and caring about the wrong things, will you be happy? What’s the role of luck in happiness? We examine both historical and contemporary answers to these questions, including those from the recent science of happiness. Fees Quarters Typically all Day, Online Winter Day, Online Spring Day, Online Designed to Serve Students seeking Humanities Area 1 distribution credit; students needing AA credit; Running Start students; students with an interest in philosophy; students interested in psychology, welfare economics, sociology, public policy, medicine; general students. Active Date 20230328T10:34:29 Grading Basis Decimal Grade Class Limit 24 Lecture 55 Total Degree Distributions: AA Humanities Area I Course Outline 1 - INTRODUCTION Common Contemporary Ideas of Happiness Philosophical Questions about Happiness 2 - ANCIENT APPROACHES Socrates, Plato, Aristotle Epicureanism Stoicism 3 - MODERN & CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES Enlightenment Meaning and Meaninglessness Contemporary Accounts 4 - SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES Positive Psychology and Its Critics Happiness Indices & Happy Societies