Friendship and Happiness: And the Connection Between the Two

by Tim Delaney and Tim Madigan

This philosophical and sociological look at friendship and happiness begins with a review of Aristotle's three categories of friendship--friends of utility, friends of pleasure and friends of the good. Modern variations--casual friends, close friends, best friends--are described, along with the growing phenomena of virtual friendships and cyber socialization in the Internet age. Inspired in part by Bertrand Russell's The Conquest of Happiness,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476668965
• ISBN13: 9781476668963
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher