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    Philosophy October 10‚ 2011 Nozick “Happiness” Summary In “The Examined Life‚” Robert Nozick takes a chapter to examine happiness. He argues that there are limits and roles of happiness. Nozick states that the limits of happiness are the amount‚ the inner feelings of pleasure‚ and the connection happiness has to reality. He says the roles of happiness are as a mood or as an emotion. Nozick argues that all of the limits and roles of happiness must be taken into account in order to be satisfied

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    Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life‚ the whole aim and end of human existence”- Aristotle. Do you agree with Aristotle’s statement? Discuss why/ why not. While happiness in a scientific sense can be explained as the chemicals released throughout our bodies‚ it still doesn’t tell us fully why these are chemicals are sent and what it means in the overall human experience in scientific terms. From an artistic perspective happiness is the largest component in providing self-worth to one’s

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    HAPPINESS for OUR LIFE WHAT IS HAPPINESS: Happiness is thought of as the good life‚ freedom from suffering‚ flourishing‚ well-being‚ joy‚ prosperity‚ and pleasure. Are you truly happy? Do you even know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness? These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves. I live my life to maintain my own happiness while trying my best to not cause unhappiness to anyone else. If you want to be happy you need to understand

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    Pleasure‚ happiness and the Good Life for Siddhartha Pleasure is not happiness. After extensively analyzing Hermann Hesse’s “Siddhartha” and Richard Taylor’s “Happiness” it is clear that pleasure is not needed to have a good life. We also see how pleasure can be destructive. “It is very common for modern philosophers‚ and others too‚ to confuse happiness with pleasure.”(Taylor). Many people think that happiness and pleasure are the same‚ but really they are two completely different things. Happiness

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    me it is. Happiness is very different for everyone. My idea of happiness can potentially devastate to someone else’s life. Why It’s So Hard To Be Happy‚ by Michael Wiederman tried to explain the reasons why such a simple feeling of happiness is so difficult to attain. Are we just never satisfied? According to Wiederman we are creatures of habit and adaptation. We adapt to the good as well as the bad. We seek happiness in objects and goals but don’t look for it in front of us. Happiness is always

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    Brandon Lobisi Lobisi - 1 The Pursuit of Happiness: Poetry In the Declaration of Independence‚ Thomas Jefferson wrote that every individual had a God-given right to pursue happiness. The next three poems all show that the persona has the right to pursue happiness. In “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost‚ the persona has two choices. One trail‚ in a yellow-wood‚ forked off into two trails never treaded on before. This poem is about making a choice and sticking to it. In “Sympathy”

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    happiness is more of a long-term state of being‚ more of an end goal than a momentary feeling. He explains that people should search for the chief good for ourselves and no one else‚ “that which it is always desirable in itself and not ever for the sake of something else” (Nicomachean Ethics‚ 1097a30-34). We often search for money and pleasure in today’s society because we believe that these materialistic elements will bring us instant happiness‚ but it simply brings momentary enjoyment. Aristotle

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    2.) Explore Aristotle’s account of happiness. Do you agree with him‚ that moral activity is secondary? In Book X of Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle‚ he writes about pleasure and happiness. Aristotle makes the point that happiness and pleasure should not be confused with each other. He argues that pleasure is not good‚ but a good. Pleasure is not a process‚ and not all pleasures are desirable‚ so pleasure is not the supreme Good. However‚ happiness is not a process. It is an activity that

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    People have defined happiness as some kind of good of a human being. In Nicomachean Ethics: Book I‚ Aristotle defines happiness as the activity of living well‚ which in the Greek word is called eudaimonia. He tends to think that happiness is how we balance and moderate our lives to seek the highest pleasures‚ which he calls maintaining the mean. In the following excerpt from Book I‚ Aristotle talks about how happiness presumably consists in attaining some good or set of goods. “Now goods have

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    Pursuit of Happiness in My World What things make you consider someone to be happy? A smile‚ kind words‚ maybe what they have? To me‚ being happy is all about being surounded by things and people that you love. Sure‚ we all have different definitions as to what happiness is‚ and my goal is not to persuade you to view it my way. My goal is to help you to understand why I am happy‚ and possibly why some others are happy as well. We choose to be happy‚ people and things do not create our happiness‚ but

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