I have long admitted that Prager is likely the world's expert on happiness. He is a very smart and wise man. He has a new Prager U video out on happiness that really knocks it out of the park. His theme is that happiness is not a selfish desire but is a moral obligation.
I would agree with both statements. We are most happy when we are living the life that God commands us to live, as individuators, and that life of enlightened self-interest is not selfish, but will bring happiness to the doer and all around him.
Prager wants people to strive to be happy because the moral obligation is an altruistic necessity. If one is not happy, one takes down everyone around one. Unhappy people make the world worse and happy people make the world better.
Dennis wants us to act as happy as possible in spite of how we feel emotionally or physically, or how lucky or unlucky we have been in our personal lives.
The happier we act can start to affect how we feel, and acting happy can make us feel happy.
The man is a moral genius. He is an altruist and I am an egoist, but I can find no fault with his brilliant advice on how to be happier, and make the world a better place.
I would argue too, as an egoist, that as we act happier, and then begin to feel happier, it is good for the self and self-esteem, and that benefits those around us directly and indirectly.
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