If we are to work with people so that they may grow we
need to have some idea about what might make for flourishing and happiness –
what
Aristotle talked about as eudaimonia.
[B]y happiness I mean feeling good - enjoying life and
wanting the feeling to be maintained. By unhappiness I mean feeling bad and
wishing things were different. (Richard Layard 2005: 12-13)
Subjective, objective and normative understandings of happiness
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