We were taught at a very young age to seek happiness, but no one really knew what it was. When you are a child, you can find happiness by playing with toys and classmates. When we are children, our concept of happiness is rare. As the years go by, our concept of happiness has become broader. We are educated, and if we succeed in something, whether in the profession, in college or in relationships, we are all looking for happiness. Some people seek happiness through religious or spiritual leaders. "All who trust in the Lord are happy" [Proverbs 4:7]. It seems that everyone has their own ideas and makes them happy. Finding happiness in us is the focus of our survival. In order to find happiness, we will lead a complete life. The happiness or better place of happiness exists is a question that many great thinkers have been thinking about. Aristotle and Emanuel Kant have a lot to say on this issue. These two famous philosophers have a road map, and if they want, there is a road map of happiness. However, their theory differs greatly in how they get happiness.
Aristotle writes that we always choose happiness for ourselves, not for anything else. He believes that happiness is the ultimate result and is self-sufficient. This is the goal of all benign actions. It must be something good, or a set of goods that make it worth living. Aristotle believes that there must be two characteristics in the concept of happiness. One is that it must be an end rather than a means. For example, I found that I made money through cheerfulness, so I made money through a happy personality. In the end, my goal is to make money, so according to Aristotle, my happiness is found in wealth. Because I found that through cheerfulness [which is different from happiness] I can make money, the attitude I take is that I can get wealth through cheerfulness. Aristotle does not agree with this because my ultimate goal is to gain wealth, so don't be happy.
Second, happiness itself is self-sufficient. It can only be purchased for yourself, not for anything else. Aristotle specifically mentions the life of satisfaction [happiness, comfort, etc.], the life of making money, the life of political behavior, and the life of philosophy, that is, the life of contemplation or study. He has no patience for a life of earning money or a life of satisfaction. However, Aristotle did agree that a comfortable life is enjoyable.
He also wrote that happiness can only be experienced through virtue. Virtue is the habit of the soul. Through this habit, one person moves very well, that is, for good and noble. As Aristotle said, benign behavior expresses the correct [right] reason. They are accepted through practice and habits. A person who is good by being kind is to be kind, that is, to act as a kind person, to do what one should do, and to do it. Good people are willing to take action [so a sign that we don't get a certain value is when we perform the kind of behavior associated with that value; we are not happy with these behaviors, but find them cumbersome]. Similarly, by becoming accustomed to prohibiting certain flawed behaviors, one becomes scarce. A person can get bad habits and good habits. Virtue is difficult to achieve because if we just follow our inclinations, we cannot find our potential. Although we have a natural desire for happiness, our natural tendencies tend to keep us away from true happiness. Some people have never achieved benign activities and only pursue things that feel good immediately. Self-satisfaction should not be a direct goal of our actions. Without the pursuit of good and real things, it is impossible to obtain happiness. Intellectuals and moral virtues are necessary and must be habitual. There are rules about what is good and what is not. Everyone has the ability to be kind, but not everyone will be kind. Human beings have the ability to learn. After years of careful research, a good person can complete the whole life.
A person is not kind at birth, although at birth, a person is born with a sense. It was not until many years of study that humans learned how to use these senses. It is worth noting that learning takes time and maturity can develop virtues. For example, a child who has not experienced the necessary course lessons because he is too young is a moral lesson in life.
Aristotle writes that a happy life, a political life and a life of learning are essential to integrity and to life as a whole. Living a complete life involves these goals. How to achieve happiness in accordance with the goal of virtue. In other words, we have a responsibility to do what is worth doing and to do what we are good at. This will lead to supreme interests, which is happiness. For example, the pursuit of wealth is ruled out because money can only be as good as what it can buy. This is where someone sees their money and tells us what they really think is happiness. Is it a luxury, or is it political power, or is it spent on fewer fortresses? These determine whether a person is on the right path to happiness.
According to Emmanuel Kant, the road map for happiness is not black and white. Kant believes that the means of happiness cannot be clearly known. Kant believes that there is too much ambiguity in defending personal happiness, so it is not suitable as a moral basis. Kant believes that pursuing a person's own happiness or interest does not have any moral value. Kant admits that we can never determine whether a behavior is good or bad by considering its impact on a person's happiness. He believes that human beings cannot use their principles to reason about happiness. Happiness is infinite. Although everyone is eager for happiness, he/she will never really understand his/her true wishes and wishes. He did not look for happiness, but found that the moral law constructed by reason is something that one should seek. Kant thinks this is absolutely necessary. The absolute order is a statement of moral obligations, and I have developed my principles of action [my "motto" in Kant's vocabulary]. The Absolute Order reaffirms that all the principles of our actions [the maxim] can consistently become the principle of universal law.
Happiness is both indefinite and empirical, and can serve as the basis for moral obligations. No two people share the exact same taste. Everyone has no common interests and goals. Simply put, the reason for making a person happy is not to make another person happy. Everyone's experience is different; experience is a necessary condition for happiness. In other words, I don't know that I can make me happy if I think of it. Kant said that it is impossible to understand the a priori before taking action, but it does benefit our own happiness. The desire for happiness can't be the driving force behind our will to do this or that action. Our own happy desires cannot be fully known. Not qualified, happiness is not good. According to Kant, the only good thing that is not qualified is goodwill.
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