The happiness hypothesis: Finding modern truth in ancient wisdom.

By Jonathan Haidt. 2006

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Who engages with moral beauty? (2013, background): “…variety of studies have indicated that elevation is associated with an action tendency of wanting to become a better person, to emulate the acts of virtue observed, and to serve others (Algoe & Haidt, 2009; Cox, 2010; Haidt, 2000, 2003, 2006; Landis et al., 2009; Vianello, Galliani, & Haidt, 2010).”
A Call to Action: The Challenges of Creative Teaching and Learning (2015, background): “Recently, positive psychologists have pursued empirical studies inspired by these humanist insights, and have demonstrated that participating in intrinsically motivating creative activities contributes to happiness and well-being (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990; Gilbert, 2006; haidt, 2006).”
Prosperity without Growth? – The transition to a sustainable economy (2010, background): “8 See for example: Layard 2005, nef 2006, Haidt 2007, Abdallah et al 2008.”
The Varieties of Self-Transcendent Experience (2017, background): “Many similar descriptions can be found throughout history and across many cultures (Haidt, 2006, ch. 9; James, 1902; Newberg & d’Aquili, 2008; Underhill, 1913; Yaden, McCall, & Ellens, 2015).”
When Morality Opposes Justice: Conservatives Have Moral Intuitions that Liberals may not Recognize (2007, background): “…greed, and anger) are seen as debased, impure, and less than human , while those who live so that the soul is in charge of the body (chaste, spiritually minded, pious) are seen as elevated and sanctified (Haidt, 2006; Rozin et al., 1999; see also a book by the current Pope: Ratzinger, 2004).”
Stakeholder Theory, Value, and Firm Performance (2013, background): “Happiness as a way of understanding utility received and thus the value provided to stakeholders builds from the ideas of Mill (1961) and connects to more recent writings (i.e., Gilbert, 2005; Haidt, 2006; Sidgwick, 1981; Shaw, 1999).”
Two models of personality and well-being among adolescents (2011, background): “Although character might be influenced by basic traits (e.g., neurotics might develop more defence mechanisms while extraverts might rely more on social relationships; Haidt, 2006), it is also influenced by changes in one’s life.”
Mental balance and well-being: building bridges between Buddhism and Western psychology. (2006, background): “Well-being that transcends such transient, stimulus-driven pleasures depends on the cultivation of specific types of enduring beliefs and attitudes and on developing one’s signature strengths (Haidt, 2006; Seligman, 2004).”
Organizational Neuroscience: Taking Organizational Theory Inside the Neural Black Box (2011, background): “It is more correct to say that we have little insight into where implicit attitudes come from, often confusing a nonconscious bias with a self-justifying rationalization (Haidt, 2006; Westen, 2007).”