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Happiness: The Greatest Gift We Possess?
This Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) school briefing looks at whether we have a right to be happy, alongside the rights to life and liberty. The briefing discusses definitions of happiness and how religions and young people seek to attain it. The briefing then looks at how different governments across the world are measuring happiness and hoping to increase it in their populations. ESRC is a part of Research Councils UK (RCUK).
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