What is happiness? Can it be measured? And what is the relationship between happiness and virtue, money, pleasure, relationships, mindfulness, and satisfaction?

Join VCPI on Wednesday, May 5 at 7pm for a virtual program with William Edelglass. The evening will begin with an overview of different conceptions of happiness in Western philosophy, religion, and political theory. We will then turn to the numerous claims about what makes us happy based on the results of “the new science of happiness.” The presentation concludes by reflecting on the findings of positive psychology in the context of the history of the idea of happiness.

William Edelglass is Director of Studies at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies at Emerson College.

This event is sponsored by Vermont Humanities and is free & open to all.