HAPPINESS OF DOGS (PB)

Drawing on his life lived with dogs, on the ideas of philosophers from Socrates to Hume and Sartre, and on the cutting edge psychology of canine cognition, philosopher Mark Rowlands explores the way dogs experience the world to bring us closer to an understanding of ourselves. While dogs feel unparalleled joy and focus in the moment, humans are burdened by the disquietude of anxiety, doubt and even anguish. Digging deep into their morality, freedoms, consciousness, intelligence and love of life, Rowlands discovers dogs may have better answers to the meaning of life than we do.