Happiness and Education

In the past few months, when I have told people that I’m writing a book on happiness and education, more than one has responded with some puzzlement, “But they don’t go together!” Indeed, the fact that the two seemincreasingly opposed these days is one motive for tackling the topic. Happiness and education are, properly, intimately related: Happiness should be an aim of education, and a good education should contribute significantly to personal and collective happiness.