This episode focuses on happiness. Utilitarianism is a strand in philosophy that says the greatest happiness of the greatest number should guide our judgment in all things – including education. But does its modern descendant, positive psychology, place too much trust in looking on the bright side?  

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:20 - Introducing Utilitarians/Happiness
• 5:37 - Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)
• 17:06 - John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
• 28:51 - Martin Seligman (1942–)
• 37:35 - Summing Up

The Blog that started it all:

• https://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/2021/09/these-were-written-as-quick-readable.html Bentham bit.ly/3okvNi2 Mill bit.ly/3CYxBRG Seligman bit.ly/2DVc3fw 

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