Comments on: The Pursuit of Happiness in Perspective http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/04/08/darrin-m-mcmahon/the-pursuit-of-happiness-in-perspective/ Big Ideas for a Better World Fri, 5 Sep 2008 23:45:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Pursuit of Happiness « Seminarian http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/04/08/darrin-m-mcmahon/the-pursuit-of-happiness-in-perspective/#comment-121062 Pursuit of Happiness « Seminarian Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:06:29 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/04/08/darrin-m-mcmahon/the-pursuit-of-happiness-in-perspective/#comment-121062 [...] 21st, 2007 by seminarian Darrin McMahon over at Cato Unbound has an interesting essay on happiness.  I recommend it for a read, or at least the excerpt below.  Also, I highly recommend listening [...] […] 21st, 2007 by seminarian Darrin McMahon over at Cato Unbound has an interesting essay on happiness.  I recommend it for a read, or at least the excerpt below.  Also, I highly recommend listening […]

]]> By: American Stigmata « Totally Baked http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/04/08/darrin-m-mcmahon/the-pursuit-of-happiness-in-perspective/#comment-61395 American Stigmata « Totally Baked Tue, 08 May 2007 18:38:00 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/04/08/darrin-m-mcmahon/the-pursuit-of-happiness-in-perspective/#comment-61395 [...] Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), in his Democracy in America, observed of the inhabitants of the United States that “No one could work harder to be happy.” The American, he observed, will continually change paths “for fear of missing the shortest cut leading to happiness.” Finally, though, “Death steps in … and stops him before he has grown tired of this futile pursuit of that complete felicity which always escapes him.” And that, Tocqueville concluded, in reference to America’s related quest for an ever-elusive equality was “the reason for the strange melancholy often haunting inhabitants of democracies in the midst of abundance, and of that disgust with life sometimes gripping them in calm and easy circumstances.” So notes an insightful article by Darrin M. McMaho, author of the book Happiness: A History. [...] […] Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), in his Democracy in America, observed of the inhabitants of the United States that “No one could work harder to be happy.” The American, he observed, will continually change paths “for fear of missing the shortest cut leading to happiness.” Finally, though, “Death steps in … and stops him before he has grown tired of this futile pursuit of that complete felicity which always escapes him.” And that, Tocqueville concluded, in reference to America’s related quest for an ever-elusive equality was “the reason for the strange melancholy often haunting inhabitants of democracies in the midst of abundance, and of that disgust with life sometimes gripping them in calm and easy circumstances.” So notes an insightful article by Darrin M. McMaho, author of the book Happiness: A History. […]

]]> By: Positive Liberty » “Establish Happiness:” Not a Duty of Government http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/04/08/darrin-m-mcmahon/the-pursuit-of-happiness-in-perspective/#comment-51698 Positive Liberty » “Establish Happiness:” Not a Duty of Government Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:18:07 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/04/08/darrin-m-mcmahon/the-pursuit-of-happiness-in-perspective/#comment-51698 [...] Of course, McMahon is right to condemn the new happiness paternalism: In the first place, we would probably do well to remind ourselves that worrying about happiness is a luxury — the privilege of peoples whose more pressing needs have been satisfied already. With longer lifespans and more abundant food supplies, greater security and more creature comforts than ever before, we are free to contemplate what those exposed to the miseries of famine, chaos, and disease can only dream. [...] […] Of course, McMahon is right to condemn the new happiness paternalism: In the first place, we would probably do well to remind ourselves that worrying about happiness is a luxury — the privilege of peoples whose more pressing needs have been satisfied already. With longer lifespans and more abundant food supplies, greater security and more creature comforts than ever before, we are free to contemplate what those exposed to the miseries of famine, chaos, and disease can only dream. […]

]]> By: Is Happiness Sufficient? (Does happiness as the ultimate telos render happiness?) « Observations Of An Elephantine Man http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/04/08/darrin-m-mcmahon/the-pursuit-of-happiness-in-perspective/#comment-50384 Is Happiness Sufficient? (Does happiness as the ultimate telos render happiness?) « Observations Of An Elephantine Man Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:35:04 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/04/08/darrin-m-mcmahon/the-pursuit-of-happiness-in-perspective/#comment-50384 [...] Apr 11th, 2007 by maladroit An excerpt (for the full article click here): [...] […] Apr 11th, 2007 by maladroit An excerpt (for the full article click here): […]

]]> By: Peaktalk http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/04/08/darrin-m-mcmahon/the-pursuit-of-happiness-in-perspective/#comment-50225 Peaktalk Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:32:28 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/04/08/darrin-m-mcmahon/the-pursuit-of-happiness-in-perspective/#comment-50225 <strong>HAPPINESS: CONTINUED</strong> Further to the plans to make happiness an integral part of public policy, Darrin McMahon (via Paul Kedrosky) at Cato takes a closer look at this hard to grasp concept and its historical roots: Thus, one of the most striking... HAPPINESS: CONTINUED

Further to the plans to make happiness an integral part of public policy, Darrin McMahon (via Paul Kedrosky) at Cato takes a closer look at this hard to grasp concept and its historical roots: Thus, one of the most striking…

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