Happiness

Harvard Extension School

PHIL E-155

Section 1

CRN 26919

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Should we pursue happiness, and if so, what is the best way to do it? This course critically assesses the answers to these questions given by thinkers from a wide variety of different places, cultures, and times, including Stoicism, Epicureanism, Buddhism, Daoism, and contemporary philosophy, psychology, and economics.

Registration Closes: January 23, 2025
Credits: 4

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Term

Spring Term 2025

Part of Term

Full Term

Format

Online

Credit Status

Graduate, Noncredit, Undergraduate

Section Status

Open

Instructor Info

Susanna Rinard, PhD

Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University


Meeting Info

1/27 to 5/17

Participation Option: Online Asynchronous

In online asynchronous courses, you are not required to attend class at a particular time. Instead you can complete the course work on your own schedule each week.

Deadlines

Last day to register: January 23, 2025

Additional Time Commitments

Required sections to be arranged.

Notes

The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences companion course Gen Ed 1025.

Tuition

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All Sections of this Course

CRN Section # Participation Option(s) Instructor Section Status Meets Term Dates
17281 1 Online Asynchronous Susanna Rinard Open Sep 3 to Dec 21
26919 1 Online Asynchronous Susanna Rinard Open Jan 27 to May 17

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