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What “lens” would you advocate, if not a “happiness lens”?

The ‘happiness lens’ is a way of steering attention towards benign forms of importance in people’s lives – i.e. towards what people ultimately want, enjoy, and value. What other evaluative ‘lenses’ should we be deliberately using and how do they relate to the happiness lens?

Neil Thin April 23, 2017April 27, 2017 Happiness lens theoretical discussions 5 Comments Read more...

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