We Have No “Right to Happiness”

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We Have No “Right to Happiness” In the reading We Have No “Right to Happiness” by C.S. Lewis claimed that happiness is when couple love’s preservers until one dies. If our happiness depends upon passion instead of love, we shouldn’t have the “right” to happiness. However, if we act like if there was a “right” to happiness our world could soon be swept away. Therefore we should always think twice before we act. Happiness is a process that could be achieved when your interests aren’t only on making yourself happy but also your partner’s happiness. “When two people achieve lasting happiness, this is not solely because they are great lovers but because they are also—I must put it crudely—good people; controlled, loyal, fairminded, mutually adaptable people.” Lewis Pg1. For example, when your partner gives you his/her trust you should keep everything to yourself because if you do, you will make him/her happy. Also, at the same time it will make you happy. However, if you don’t do it there is a big chance that you’ll make your partner unhappy and will cause his/her love for you to fade away little by little. In the words of Lewis, he said we don’t have the “right” to happiness because when Mr.A’s wife used to please his pleasures he was happy, but then after a while when she didn’t, he dispose her like when a kid replacing his old toy for a new one. “You mustn't, by the way, imagine that A. was the sort of man who nonchalantly threw a wife away like the peel of an orange he'd sucked dry.” Lewis Pg1. He forgot that pursuing the privilege of personal pleasure goes after he has accomplished his wife’s needs. Also, He forgot that sex is a gift from God and, remembering that, he shouldn’t use it in ways that hurt people. On the other hand, Lewis claimed that if we act like there is a “right” to happiness our society will be a complete disaster. “Everyone (except Mr. A.
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