The Pursuit of Happiness: A Book Event with Jeffrey Rosen

Why did the founders consider “the pursuit of happiness” an inalienable right, and how did they understand the phrase? In The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America, the National Constitution Center’s Jeffrey Rosen examines how the founders treated happiness as the pursuit of a virtuous life, a view they took from their reading of the philosophers of classical antiquity.

Please join AEI’s Adam J. White and Mr. Rosen for a discussion of how the pursuit of happiness is vital to the project of self-governance.

Submit questions to Sophie.Rizzieri@aei.org or on Twitter with #AEIPursuitofHappiness.

Agenda

4:00 p.m.
Introduction:
Adam J. White, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

4:05 p.m.
Presentation:
Jeffrey Rosen, CEO, National Constitution Center

4:35 p.m.
Discussion:
Jeffrey Rosen, CEO, National Constitution Center
Adam J. White, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

5:05 p.m.
Q&A

5:30 p.m.
Adjournment

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