Four Levels of Happiness

This is an hour-long talk by Fr. Robert Spitzer giving an overview of his teaching on the four levels of happiness.

A helpful handout that can be used while watching this talk, which also has other related material in it, can be found here.

To learn more, you can visit the Four Levels of Happiness page at the Magis Center, where Fr. Spitzer publishes a lot of his work, and you can also read a longer, more scholarly article about it written by Fr. Spitzer.  Finally, check out Fr. Spitzer's books.  The book where he explains the four levels of happiness in great detail is entitled Finding True Happiness.

 

In this video, Dr. Kaczor talks about the four levels of happiness as described by Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J. Ph.D. He draws also on the findings of positive psychology to explore these four levels. The happiness of the hedonist is level one. The happiness of the egoist is level two. The happiness of the altruist is level three, and the happiness oif the altruist of faith is level four.