Sentence examples for constitutes happiness from inspiring English sources

But nor should they have become embroiled in debating what constitutes happiness and how it can be measured.

One of the more surprising growth industries to have taken off during the current period of economic downturn and austerity has been "the happiness industry"—the increasing activity of economists (not philosophers) who study what constitutes happiness and make recommendations to governments about how best to increase it.

But what constitutes happiness at work?

The other thing that needs to be stressed is that it is rational selection not the attainment of these things which constitutes happiness.

But if justice at least partly constitutes happiness and justice is unsettled, then Socrates is right to proceed as if happiness is unsettled.

Mill recognized however that what constitutes happiness (and its lesser cousin contentment) is completely subjective, and depends on who you ask.

And what would constitute happiness?

No: there exists no single human being that does not either potentially or effectively possess this thing which we hold to constitute happiness.

Human beings share that demonic condition, for they are neither good nor bad, but desire the good and the beautiful, the possession of which would constitute happiness for them.

Like the contemporary philosopher John McDowell, he thus suggests that the virtuous agent can properly see the point of virtue, and how virtue helps constitute happiness, only from a perspective within the actual practice of virtue.

But given governments' (and economists') recent record in managing GNP, it is not clear whether it really would be such a good idea for the government to decide it knows better than individuals do what constitutes their happiness and how they can best pursue it.