The only issue I could think of would be people are not sure that this constant focus on happiness is healthy or desirable. Look at our earth, our economy, the state of our citizens, healthcare, corruption. For some people it could be hard to stop thinking about the the bad in the world and mindlessly ignore
How many times have we fantasized about having a perfect life, and in that fantasy, we dreamt that we are extremely happy living that life? According to Daniel Gilbert, in his essay “Immune to Reality”, “because we ignore how our psychological immune system works, we cannot predict how happy our choices will make us”. Therefore, it gets us away from the perfect life that we wish so much. At the end, can we learn how to control the Psychological Immune System to achieve happiness in our life? We would be in a better standing position if we can take advantage of the knowledge how our psychological immune system works, identify what kind of happiness we want to experience, and recognize that we cannot be always happy.
The observation from “So what do you have to do to find happiness” by Dorothy Wade asserts that negative thinking is deeply ingrained in the human psyche while they are happy. Happiness will come and go, a mere by-product of fleeting circumstances. No one can be happy forever, nor can achieve the best level of joy. Wishes will not be the same as expectations. Happiness is short and fleeting human condition.
John Stuart Mill was a hedonist and accepted that happiness was of great importance and stressed that happiness is more important than pleasure. Mill believed that the quality of pleasure decides on whether an act is good; for example, human pleasures such as reading are what is good however animal pleasures such as eating is not as good. This meant that he felt that the quantity of pleasure did not matter, it was only the quality. Mill continues to develop his argument by saying that everyone deserves happiness so therefore, everyone aims towards their own happiness so everyone should aim for the happiness of everyone. He believed in universalizability which means what is right or wrong for one person in a situation is right or wrong for everyone.
Hope “There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow” (Marden). Hope is powerful, and in times of uncertainty and hesitation, it’s the last thing relied on for strength, happiness, and encouragement. Hope can be beneficial with inspiring the soul when odds are against probability. However, if hope is all people rely on, they are sure to live a life full of disappointment. So what exactly is hope?
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Fortunately this is a really good thing; this pushes society and keeps us moving forward. One question that arises from this idea is, Can dreams be accomplished? Once we seem to achieve one dream we just dream higher and higher, making our dreams never fully satisfied. A dream is not an obtainable number or object, it is a journey. As Thomas Jefferson stated in the Declaration of Independence “that [all men] are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” “Happiness is not something ready made.
According to the “Greatest Happiness Principle,” an action can only be right if it promotes happiness and an action is wrong if it provides the opposite of happiness. Mill’s utilitarian theory believes “all desirable things…are desirable for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain.” Applying this theory to life would be an easy task, and one that many would be more than happy to live by. Enjoying a life in which there is nothing better or more attainable than pleasure, to achieve anything that would keep one away from pain and enjoy a simple life of pleasure just like as a common animal would be ideal. So using this piece of a theory, it appears that the highest good would produce the highest pleasure. Now comes the decision of what is the highest pleasure.
Pursuit of Happiness Although there may be similarities, each and every person, due to variables, has a different opinion of the pursuit of happiness. Take a look around and you will see people who value their ability to improve their strength, physic, mind, and possibly other areas. We have names for some of the obvious pursuits like beach body, brain, and rambler, which are just a few. Whatever it is that you want to do that fulfills you, makes you feel whole, satisfies, or makes you happy, is your pursuit if you follow it. Even as there are differences between each person, as for their pursuit of happiness, there are also differences predominantly set by society.
Many people always like to think, what it is the real definition of “Utopia”? In my opinion I really don’t think there is an exact definition of utopia; Utopia can be whatever your mind stimulates it to be. It can mean one thing but also mean another thing. It is whatever you think makes you happy and how it can fulfill your life into one perfect and loving opportunity. Just how Rousseau states, “Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves”, we all take into consideration of what’s in front of us and how everything that you visualize and do has an effect on our lives.