The definition of happiness and the good life was much debated among early philosophers. Two schools of thought emerged: Aristippus’ solution was hedonism, or the pursuit of sensual pleasure and avoidance of pain. Aristotle, meanwhile, thought the ultimate aim was eudaimonia, or self-actualization. Skip forward 2,500 years, and psychologists are applying the scientific method to …
Rosie Milner
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Mirror, mirror, on the wall…
by Rosie Milnerby Rosie MilnerA new report has found that being super-thin is bad for models’ health. But what effect do size zeros have on the rest of us?
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What Gets Measured Gets Managed
by Rosie Milnerby Rosie MilnerGovernments have tried to increase their citizens’ well-being since time immemorial. But when it comes to assessing how they’re doing, they have generally stuck to objective measures such as GDP, as famously criticized by Lord Layard. This changed earlier this summer, when the British Government became the first in the West to track its citizens’ …
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Does TV Make Us Happy?
by Rosie Milnerby Rosie MilnerWatching television is probably the most common pastime in the world. On average Americans spend about five hours per day watching TV, while Europeans are glued to the box for over three and a half hours daily. But not without a little guilt. Most of us realize that the good life doesn’t involve daily doses …
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Rosie Milner, University of East London MAPP, is also a Cambridge University philosophy graduate. Rosie graduated with the first cohort of Europe’s first Masters course in Applied Positive Psychology. Rosie has worked as a policy advisor on a range of social and economic policies, both for the British Government and in the NGO sector. …