Positive Psychology What's Right With Me Research Paper
Pursuit of Happiness Assignment Week 6
Mathews Ledet III, Student Number 9017891997
PSY 220/Positive Psychology: What’s Right With Me
Alan Coffin
Axia College, University of Phoenix
Due: January 19, 2014
The perspective one’s happiness can be traced back to ancient world philosophers such as Socrates, Aristotle, Confucius and Plato. Each had their own views on happiness and what defines it, and their beliefs would spread throughout the world. Different societies would take to different perspective and integrate it into their culture. Everyone desire happiness, but how to achieve it can differ. While American and Asian society both pursue happiness, the views on how to achieve it differ because of cultural and origin differences of the two cultures. …show more content…
This declaration was written to declare a union among 13 American colonies that would form a union to break free from the rule of Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence listed certain unalienable rights that all men should have, and among them were the right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (Wikipedia, n.d.). This stressed that everyman had the right to pursue individual choices in life to achieve their own happiness and desire. Instead of living by the terms of Great Britain and living life the way Britain wanted to, the colonist wanted freedom of choice for each man to do what they regarded as important to them. This would lead to the American Revolution, which would lead to what has become the United States of America and the cultural beliefs of Individual
Mathews Ledet III, Student Number 9017891997
PSY 220/Positive Psychology: What’s Right With Me
Alan Coffin
Axia College, University of Phoenix
Due: January 19, 2014
The perspective one’s happiness can be traced back to ancient world philosophers such as Socrates, Aristotle, Confucius and Plato. Each had their own views on happiness and what defines it, and their beliefs would spread throughout the world. Different societies would take to different perspective and integrate it into their culture. Everyone desire happiness, but how to achieve it can differ. While American and Asian society both pursue happiness, the views on how to achieve it differ because of cultural and origin differences of the two cultures. …show more content…
This declaration was written to declare a union among 13 American colonies that would form a union to break free from the rule of Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence listed certain unalienable rights that all men should have, and among them were the right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (Wikipedia, n.d.). This stressed that everyman had the right to pursue individual choices in life to achieve their own happiness and desire. Instead of living by the terms of Great Britain and living life the way Britain wanted to, the colonist wanted freedom of choice for each man to do what they regarded as important to them. This would lead to the American Revolution, which would lead to what has become the United States of America and the cultural beliefs of Individual