Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Happiness or wellbeing is good for every human being.Each person's happiness is a good to that person, and the general happiness, therefore, a good to the aggregate of all persons.A's happiness is a good to A. B's happiness is a good to B. C's happiness is a good to C's aggregate of all persons.Therefore, general happiness is a good to all.According to J. S. Mill's theory, we should all try to be good.He says, "The utilitarian doctrine is that happiness is desirable, and the only thing desirable, as an end; all other things being only desirable as means to the end.His Ethical Hedonism is based upon Psychological Hedonism.He offers the following proof Ethical Hedonism.We always desire pleasure; therefore, pleasure is desirable."He also said that, "The only proof capable of being given that an object is visible is that people actually see it.The only proof that a sound is audible, is that people hear it, the sole evidence that anything is desirable, is that people do actually desire it."All persons desire pleasure; so pleasure is desirable.In spiritual Indian philosophy, human pursuits are mainly divided into four categories -Dharma, Artha, Kāma and Mokṣa.Among these four puruṣārthas, the ultimate desire of man is moksha.Also I will discuss the role of Pancamahārata for human well-being in discussion article.
Author: Raspoti Mandal
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4404527574
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