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Investing in Happiness: Philanthropy as a Guide to Positive Psychology

By Michael Strong

Positive psychology has rediscovered that our experience as intentional beings is intimately related to our ability to experience happiness. It has thereby validated many traditional notions of well-being, including the importance of meaning and purpose in our lives and the importance of virtue, character, and transcendent belief.

Pioneer Virtues

By Heather Wood Ion

For the Western pioneers, justice was a concrete action to be taken in specific circumstances, not an abstraction; happiness was a pursuit, not a right; and democratic decisions were a practical more than a political responsibility.

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