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ERIC Number: EJ363020
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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The New Pursuit of Happiness.
Berns, Walter
Public Interest, n86 p65-76 Win 1987
Discusses the changes in American thinking and tolerance between the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the writing of the Constitution. Concludes that the right to pursue happiness allows everyone to personally define happiness. The government that secures that right will leave people alone to do as they wish. (PS)
Descriptors: Accountability, Civil Rights, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Cultural Differences, Economic Factors, Federal Government, Government Role, Governmental Structure, Happiness, Personal Autonomy, Religion, Social Change, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: United States Constitution
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