My 1985 edition of the Pocket Oxford Dictionary defines ‘Happy’ as “feeling or showing pleasure or contentment; fortunate of words or behaviour, apt, pleasing, satisfactory, avoidance of extremes.” The term a ‘happy medium’ points towards a balanced view or outcome. Although the actual meaning of the word happy is more nuanced than the more superficial […]
Happiness
Life Aspirations as the Goal in a Sustainable World
We all have aspirations for our lives. Aspirations are good and should be the goal of human economic activity – what better goals could we have?