Part one of term paper
The pursuit of happiness, a right to be granted to all American citizens as according to the Declaration of Independence, sounds as though it is a clear cut right of these very citizens. Still, there is controversy surrounding the idea of happiness. The very definition of this concept is vague and inconclusive as to how it can be achieved. ...

Part two of term paper
... as perhaps they should be, in a free society such as the United States of America. From the days of Thomas Jefferson, to modern society today, happiness, it seems, is a right, a dream and perhaps a gift of all who choose to pursue it, and pursuing it is exactly what everyone needs to do. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happines ...