The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World

Hylton Murray-Philipson finds scientific research supporting 2,500 year old Buddhist belief that the best way to find personal happiness is through showing kindness to others. The search for happiness is intensifying. Faced with recurring financial and political problems, environmental degradation and climate change, an increasing number of people are questioning the direction in which the world is heading.
Although we are far richer than we were 50 years ago, are we any happier ? is personal isolation and the loss of community a price worth paying for the ever increasing amount of “stuff” in our lives ? is the pursuit of growth still feasible in the context of finite resources and an exploding population ?These, and other questions, are in the public domain as never before.