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UPSC Essay Theme: The Nature of Happiness & Good Life

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By Barry Schwartz
| legacyias.com
Legacy IAS — UPSC Essay Theme Series — Complete Handbook Everything for every essay on this theme — hedonic vs eudaimonic happiness explained, 7 PYQs mapped, 6 anecdotes with UPSC angles, 5 dimensions, 6 quotes, Kabir’s doha, 3 books, 4 ready conclusions, and 6 mistakes to avoid. By the Legacy IAS Research Team.
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The Blogs: The Book of Mordecai

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By Barry Schwartz
| The Times of Israel Verified
With no disrespect intended, the Bible got it wrong. The Book of Esther should be “The Book of Mordecai”. But there was good reason to get it wrong. The Book of Esther is a harem intrigue that covers up a palace intrigue. The real deal was a coup d’etat that saw Mordecai oust Haman. A naked expose of this coup would not have gone down well. In the short term it would have irked Xerxes. In the long term it would have been deemed too patently partisan for inclusion in the canon.
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A Psychologist and Philosopher on How to Make Better Choices

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By Barry Schwartz, Richard Schuldenfrei
| The Next Big Idea
Below, co-authors Barry Schwartz and Richard Schuldenfrei share five key insights from their new book, Choose Wisely: Rationality, Ethics, and the Art of Decision-Making. Barry spent 45 years teaching psychology at Swarthmore College. Now he holds a visiting position at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. Richard held a similarly long tenure at Swarthmore College, 42 years, as a philosophy professor. There is no such thing as a calculator for life’s decisions.
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