Dennis PragerFounder, PragerU · Founder of PragerU | NYT best-selling author

Good People are Happy People

26 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, Dennis Prager argues that good people tend to be happier and that happy people tend to act more morally, creating a reinforcing cycle. He frames happiness as a moral subject, not only because negative moods can harm others, but also because the emotions we experience are directly linked to our actions: acting good leads to feeling good, and acting happy leads to feeling happy. Consequently, he emphasizes the importance of behavior over mere thought, urging listeners to actively practice goodness and happiness as a pathway to personal fulfillment and moral improvement.

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There's no question in my mind that just based on my own living and the people I know, that good people are happier. And happy people are gooder. That's the other thing you have to understand. That's why happiness is a moral subject. Not only is it a moral subject because you can't inflict your bad moods on other people, but it It's a subject because if you act X, you'll feel X. You want to be a good person? Start acting good. You want to be a happy person? Start acting happy. Act, act, act, act. That's why I'm much more preoccupied with how people act than how people think.