ABSTRACT
This chapter enumerates several links between positive psychology and unfreedom: the importance of mental illness will draw resources away from this already under-resourced area. This also includes: that behavior is accounted for by dispositions and not by situations, despite the apparent focus on personal choice in the original formulation of positive psychology. Positive psychology practitioners encourage clients to replace negative, depressing talk with positivity. The concept of "flourishing" is at the core of positive psychology. "Flourishing" harks back to the Aristotelian concept of "eudaimonia," sometimes also translated as "living well," although literally meaning "good spirits." Positive psychology practitioners encourage clients to replace negative, depressing talk with positivity. J. Duarte argued that psychology has lost its former political diversity, becoming more and more imbued with liberal values. Generosity, gratitude, optimism, and other virtues associated with flourishing and positive psychology are out of place when every minute is a struggle to survive.
