The Logic of Happiness: Guidebook

About this curriculum

The Logic of Happiness guidebook, for both instructors and the students themselves, explores the logic concepts introduced in the novel through original readings and probing questions, enabling students to delve deeply and critically into the theories of an array of philosophers who explored the problem of how to find happiness in a complicated world filled with complicated people. Students who work through it will find themselves more thoughtful and discerning—and more prepared to work toward establishing for themselves a life that will bring them their own happiness. The Logic of Happiness guidebook explores the logic concepts introduced in the novel and includes excerpts of original works by some of the most significant philosophers in human history: the Buddha, Lao Tzu, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Marcus Aurelius, Thomas Aquinas, David Hume, John Stuart Mill, and Charles Darwin. The readings will introduce students to an array of theories about how to achieve happiness while also teaching them to use classical logic techniques to discern whether or not those theories are sound enough to be applicable in modern daily life…