Liberty Series, The Pursuit of Happiness with Jeffrey Rosen, JD

Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, discusses his new book, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America. Rosen offers a fascinating examination of what "the pursuit of happiness" meant to our nation's founders and how this famous phrase defined their lives and became the foundation of our democracy. Reading the classical Greek and Roman moral philosophers who inspired the Founders, Rosen shows us how they understood the pursuit of happiness as a quest for the good, not the feeling of well-being – the pursuit of virtue throughout life. life, not short-term pleasure. Rosen introduces six of the most influential founders – Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton – in this in-depth exploration of America's founding values.

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