" Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness." The authors of the American Declaration proclaimed happiness to be one of the essential rights that make life worth living. William James the first American psychologist echoed this emphasis on happiness: "If we were to ask the question: \'

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What is human life\'s chief concern? One of the answers we should receive would be: \'It is happiness.\'" Every philosophical and religious system has offered its pathway to happiness for the individual and the group. Happiness has been related to pleasure refuge from pain intellectual contemplation union with God friendship children wealth honor successful activity and even state burial with statues! Today scientists have joined the dialogue to seek answers about what contributes to happiness or as they call it "subjective well-being".