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    HAPPINESS: IS IT RIGHT TO PURSUE IT AT ALL COSTS?

    Apr 13, 2022 3 minutes
    by PROF PAUL DOLAN

    All of us are striving to be happy. We put considerable time and effort into doing so, yet we often get caught up in bad habits and cycles of misery. We might even sometimes wonder whether happiness is a worthy pursuit at all.

    In my book, I have made a case for the concept of happiness to include achieving feelings of purpose (or meaning and fulfilment) alongside feelings of pleasure (such as joy and excitement). For

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