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[[File:A color coded map of the world levels of happiness as measured by the World Happiness Index (2023).jpg|thumbnail|1300px|center|Map: World Happines Index of 2023<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_color_coded_map_of_the_world_levels_of_happiness_as_measured_by_the_World_Happiness_Index_(2023).svg A color coded map of the world levels of happiness as measured by the World Happiness Index (2023)]</ref><ref>[https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2023/ World Happiness Report 2023]</ref> ]]
[[File:A color coded map of the world levels of happiness as measured by the World Happiness Index (2023).jpg|thumbnail|1300px|center|Map: World Happines Index of 2023<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_color_coded_map_of_the_world_levels_of_happiness_as_measured_by_the_World_Happiness_Index_(2023).svg A color coded map of the world levels of happiness as measured by the World Happiness Index (2023)]</ref><ref>[https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2023/ World Happiness Report 2023]</ref> ]]
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== The parodox of hedonism ==
''See also:'' [[Hedonism]]
The paradox of [[hedonism]] is that focusing on pleasure seeking often has counterproductive results. For example, [[gluttony]] and obesity is a causal factor for [[Health risks linked to obesity|many illnesses]] (See also: [[Atheism and obesity]]).
According to the ''Journal of Public Economics'', "The “Hedonistic Paradox” states that homo economicus, or someone who seeks happiness for him- or herself, will not find it, but the person who helps others will.<ref>[The Hedonistic Paradox: Is Homo Economicus Happier?], ''Journal of Public Economics''</ref> [[Per capita]] [[atheism|atheists]] and [[agnosticism|agnostics]] in America give significantly less to charity than [[theism|theists]] even when church giving is not counted for theists (See: [[Atheism and charity|Atheism and uncharitableness]]).
Unfortunately for hedonist, focusing on pleasure-seeking does not deliver the optimal pleasure and happiness in the long run or even in the short run and instead just delivers emptiness.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tSQPGYvE0s Clear Voices 2014 - Alister McGrath - C. S. Lewis’s Vision of the Christianity]</ref>
== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Atheism and happiness]]
*[[Atheism and happiness]]
==References==
==References==
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