Unit 1: The Pursuit of Happiness Resources

What is Happiness

• Epicurus on Happiness
• Socrates on Happiness
• Aristotle on Happiness
• This Emotional Life (What is Happiness: Meaning of Happiness)

Why Worry About Being Happy

• If It Makes You Happy
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (4.1, 4.2, 4.3)

How to Achieve Happiness

• This Emotional Life (What is Happiness: Sources of Happiness and Who is Happier)
• 10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy
• Does Wealth Make Us Happy (Video)

Resources for Essay One on The Perfect Mate

An Overview:

• Study Finds Education and Money Attract A Mate
• The Perfect Mate

Just Like Mom and Dad (Freudian Psychology):

• Children Use Opposite Sex Parent as a Template for a Partner
• The Love Choice According to Freud

What Evolutionary Biology Suggests:

• The Rise of Evolutionary Psychology
• Neanderthink: The Appeal of the Bad Boy
• Is Love Just a Chemical Cocktail?

It Cultural, Stupid!

• Testing Evolutions Role in Finding a Mate
• Mate Selection: Sociocultural and Historical Factors
• Media and "The One, The Only" Romance
• Disney and Love

Further Reading/Resources

• The Bio-Rational Institute

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Resources for Essay on Why We Need Education (or not?)

• CVCC's Mission Statement
• Requirements for The Libral Arts Degree at CVCC
• Slate Goes to College: A Week of Articles About Higher Eduation
• Reform School, Cont.: How To Reinvent Higher Education
• "College Makeover" by Mark Lilla
• "In the Basement of the Ivory Tower" by Professor X
• "Does American College Need Reform" by Stanley N. Katz
• "An Introduction to Cultural Literacy" by E.D. Hirsch
• "Canon Fire" by Nick Gillespie
• "What Johnny Should Read" by Claire Andre and Manuel Velazquez
• "The Influential E.D. Hirsch" by Walter Feinberg
• A Critique of Cultural Literacy by Engines for Education
• Test Your Cultural Literacy