Should We Pursue Happiness?

In “There’s More to Life Than Being Happy,” Emily Esfahini Smith argues that people should pursue a life of meaning instead of chasing individual happiness; Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem “Kindness” explores the value of loss and sorrow when it comes to kindness; finally, in “Aversion to Happiness across Cultures,” Mohsen Joshanloo and Dan Weijers present an overview of why different cultures believe that extreme happiness can be detrimental to the individual as well as society. Now that you have read all of these pieces, imagine you have been asked to present a paper at the American Happiness Research Conference and write an essay in which you argue that people should not pursue individual happiness (In your thesis, you should give a reason for your position or suggest what we should be pursuing instead).

Support your position with evidence from at least two of the following readings:

  • “There’s More to Life Than Being Happy”  Download “There’s More to Life Than Being Happy”by Emily Esfahini Smith
  • “Kindness”  Download “Kindness”by Naomi Shihab Nye
  • “Aversion to Happiness across Cultures”  Download “Aversion to Happiness across Cultures”by Mohsen Joshanloo and Dan Weijers

Requirements:

  • 1000 words
  • Intro with a thesis statement, body paragraphs, and a conclusion
  • Properly cited quotes from at least two of the readings above
  • Properly formatted Works Cited page
  • MLA Format  Download MLA Format
  • Original title
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