Are you happy?
This seemingly easy question resists an easy answer. Happiness is surprisingly difficult to define, much less to attain. Is it purely subjective? Or is happiness objective, so that you could be wrong about whether or not you are happy? What would make you “objectively” happy? Living in accord with your nature? Standing in the proper relation to the divine? Activating certain areas of your brain? All of the above? None? The 2013-2014 Killeen Chair series invites you to join leading philosophers, theologians, and scientists of happiness as we attempt to answer these and other “uneasy” questions in our quest for the good life.

		The Killeen Chair of Theology and Philosophy is a resource that underscores the importance of theology and philosophy in a Catholic liberal arts education and highlights the commitment of St. Norbert College to provide an education that is personally, intellectually and spiritually challenging.
2013-14 Lecture Series All events are free and open to the public Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013 7 p.m. Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center Happiness in the Christian Life Ellen Charry Margaret W. Harmon Professor of Theology Princeton Theological Seminary Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013 7 p.m. Sacred Music Old St. Joseph Church, St. Norbert College Sacred Scripture In Song Performed by St. Norbert College Music Department Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 7 p.m. Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center The Happiness That Matters Daniel Haybron Associate Professor of Philosophy  Saint Louis University Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 7 p.m. Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center Human Flourishing: Lessons from Comparative Philosophy and the Human Sciences Owen Flanagan James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy Duke University Thursday, March 27, 2014  7 p.m. Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center Meaning of Life, Happiness, and the Pretty Good Life Laura King Professor of Psychological Sciences University Missouri, Columbia