social psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Virgnia. Specializing in research of the emotional basis of morality and how they vary from one culture to another, Haidt believes that many of the missing pieces to give a satisfactory answer to the question about the purpose of life found in the last decade and that, therefore, today it is possible to venture a reliable hypothesis that allows us to meet the challenges posed by the pursuit of happiness. Coauthor of Flourishing: Positive Psycholgy and the Life Well-Lived, Jonathan Haidt is one of the brightest researchers from the new positive psychology.