| In my opinion, this research is very biased: Looking at the first 5 questions [1] I see a materialistic context that channels the answer towards a materialistic view of happiness, where of course money is key. Now, let's take the Aristotelian definition of happiness: It is about doing good and matching one's nature with one's actions. Then I would design questions like: - Do you feel that your life is interconnected with the lives of others? - When you reflect, do you feel that your life is what it should be? - Are you satisfied with your life? - In your daily life you do things out of obligation that do not correspond to your true nature? - etc. It all depends on what definition of happiness you take, and the one selected by the sponsors of the work I guess is not mine. [1]Source: https://go.trackyourhappiness.org/ - In most respects, my life is close to my ideal. - The conditions of my life are excellent. - I am satisfied with my life. - So far I have achieved the important things I want in life. - If I could live my life over again, I would change almost nothing. |
Aristotle by the way, did not believe that people with insufficient means could ever be as happy/good as (read; experience levels of eudoimonia commensurate with) freeborn males with plentiful means; and he was big on "natural slavery", which the Stoics disagreed with.