The Wild Longing of the Human Heart: The Search for Happiness and Something More - Paperback

by William Cooney (Author)

This book is divided into two parts, part one examines the brief history of happiness and summarizes the latest information from the areas of brain science as well as the field of positive psychology. Part two proposes that it is not happiness which is the true goal of human living.

Author Biography

Dr. William Cooney is a professor of philosophy at Hodges University and an adjunct professor at Florida Gulf Coast University. He is past recipient of Teacher of the Year (Burlington Northern Faculty Excellence Award: Briar Cliff University) and Distinguished Scholarship Awards (Briar Cliff University and Marquette University). His other books include Reflections on Gabriel Marcel (ed.), Ten Great Thinkers, From Plato to Piaget, and The Quest for Meaning. His articles appear in such professional journals as Dialogue, Journal for Applied Ethics, The Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, and The Encyclopedia of Death and Dying.