this society as long as you persist...... middle of paper ...... however, I believe I will find perfect harmony. Research shows that a person is happier on the inside and that happiness is the reward for virtue. However, there is happiness for the immoral, but it is only external. The happiness that Socrates, Plato and Aristotle spoke of is the expression of complete virtue in all activities, with an adequate supply of external goods, not only for any time but for a lifetime. Work cited Annas, Julia. An introduction to Plato's Republic. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. Boss, Judith A. Ethics for Life: A Text with Reading 4th Edition… New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, INC, 2008 Haidt, Jonathan. The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom.New York: Basic Books, 2006.Solomon, Robert C. The Little Book of Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press, INC, 2008

Topic > this society as long as you persist...... middle of paper ...... however, I believe I will find perfect harmony. Research shows that a person is happier on the inside and that happiness is the reward for virtue. However, there is happiness for the immoral, but it is only external. The happiness that Socrates, Plato and Aristotle spoke of is the expression of complete virtue in all activities, with an adequate supply of external goods, not only for any time but for a lifetime. Work cited Annas, Julia. An introduction to Plato's Republic. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. Boss, Judith A. Ethics for Life: A Text with Reading 4th Edition… New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, INC, 2008 Haidt, Jonathan. The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom.New York: Basic Books, 2006.Solomon, Robert C. The Little Book of Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press, INC, 2008