A Discourse on Happiness for a Drug-Free Nation

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School essay

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2 pages

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.doc

Published date :

10/12/2007

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Table of Contents A Discourse on Happiness for a Drug-Free Nation Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. Evaluating a situation with a utilitarian perspective
  3. Emphasizing on the nature of pleasure
  4. Issues with utilitarianism
  5. Conclusion
  6. Work cited

Abstract

for the most part, there are two desirable products of problem solving: personal pleasure and the happiness of others. This difference between selfishness and unselfishness has often defined moral decision making, the former being nothing less than sin and the latter being utterly commendable in its simple self-sacrifice. But neither case provides for a strong society; the egoist will never allow for anyone else to rise to power, but the altruist will never allow himself to rise to power. And a desire for power by all is what propels a nation to dominance. In the hopes of combining these extremities into a more effective model, James Mill and Jeremy Bentham designed the framework for a new belief known as utilitarianism. But its numerous successes and numerous failures leave many modern thinkers unable to accept, or more importantly, discredit the philosophy.

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