Everyone has a different idea of
happiness. Talking with friends, going to an amusement park, or having a
family, whether it be the “simple things” or some greater conception of
happiness, there are many ways people determine if they are happy. There are, however, said to be forms of
happiness that are wrong. Sadism, ignorance, and intoxication are all looked
down upon because of they are unethical or pathetic. In our society we have
laws in place to protect us and keep us safe, but also laws to clip these wrong
sources of happiness from our society. It is ok because such pleasures aren’t
even true happiness anyway. We can often look down on people because they are
being deceived into thinking they are happy.
Disagreements over happiness can
lead to conflict. In a society where everyone is wrong, but functional and
progressive, can we say that they are wrong? If what is right and wrong is
linked to our human nature, and human nature inseparable from us, then what can
we say to people with different ideas of right and wrong. There are conflicts in
our world over what is right and wrong. At the same time, people are raised
under different conditions. There can in fact be no conditions that are
incompatible with our nature because our nature is derived from our condition. Our
conflicts come from differences in right and wrong, differences in nature.
However in a utopia society, if there is any consistency in upbringing, there
will be consistency in opinion.
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