Instead he wrote “pursuit of happiness.” Until roughly the middle ... he treats it as a kind of neutral cultural background rather than the vast and ancient body of distinctive doctrines ...

Each year, self-help books fly off the shelves as Americans clamor to crack the code on happiness once and for all. But new research suggests that we might be going about this whole “pursuit of ...

Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. For many people, the pursuit of happiness is seen as the ultimate goal in life. We’re encouraged to seek joy, fulfillment and contentment—and ...