2006-11-04 18:26:13 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
no. u should try of course, but if making one person happy causes another person's sadness than, no.
2006-11-04 18:28:39 · answer #1 · answered by Rock Lee 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What about excellence, or truth, or goodness? What about wisdom?
What about nobility, or honor, or glory? Even those lesser pursuits seem better than working to keep the cows "happy." For there may be people (I believe that they are rather common) who at least believe that happiness lies in shameful or bestial pursuits. Should we feed the fool the poison that he wants?
Now, you could argue that this wouldn't be real happiness, so it wouldn't count. To make people truly happy would be to make them truly good, virtuous, and excellent. This seems like a good plan, but is it really the end of life? Doesn't the goal of life aim beyond it? Charlie, Sue, and Dave will live for a moment and then be dead. Can the transient really be what we're after, in the end? Yet, if we aim for goodness as such, then our good doings here and now, though limited, would have an eternal and infinite object to them that seems worthy for a human pursuit. Most people call this loving or working for God . . . and that is reflected in loving our fellow human beings. But the fellow human beings are not the ultimate ends of our actions.
2006-11-04 19:50:40 · answer #2 · answered by AA 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, I do not agree with that.
I think it is about loving and learning and sharing life. Helping to make others happy is surely one of the most pleasant aspects of life but not the reason or main focus of it. We are each responsible for finding our own happiness. It is a matter of personal perception. (What makes me deliriously happy will scarcely draw a smile from someone else.)
2006-11-04 18:56:02 · answer #3 · answered by Batty 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wouldn't it be a wonderful world if that were true, although after spending time in a third world country you realiz how impossible it is to make everyone happy. It is best to Love them all, friend or foe. Love is the essence of life and the best way to change and defeat all the nastiness and evil in our world today.
2006-11-04 18:53:02 · answer #4 · answered by N_UrDreams 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely not...Each one of us is given only one life and we should spend it finding what will give us perfect peace so as to enjoy every moment and not feel we have slighted ourselves in any way at the end. Be it love or spirituality, religion, sex, or whatever..
If "Trying to making others happy" gives you peace then go for it..It certainly does not make me happy trying to make others happy..No matter what "I" do..It will never provide peace within themselves.
2006-11-06 02:37:30 · answer #5 · answered by l♠dy de♠th 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ya sure.
If you will try then you can find out for yourself that when someone feels happy because of your effort, you feel more happier than that person you made happy. It gives a lot of happiness.
2006-11-04 20:41:06 · answer #6 · answered by goodbye 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe helping other's is what life is all about, but not necessarilly being a people pleaser. However helping other's usually makes them happy, people pleasing has a more selfish motive behind it sometimes. Way to stand up for what you believe in, though. It is so great!
2006-11-04 19:16:09 · answer #7 · answered by Shelley 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sure, why not? Make yourself happy first & foremost & then if you can make others happy too, so much the better. Life is to be enjoyed not just endured. The meaning of life is pleasure.
2006-11-04 18:36:39 · answer #8 · answered by amp 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think making yourself happy with regards to the happiness of the rest of society is what life should be all about.
2006-11-04 18:34:41 · answer #9 · answered by sheristeele 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sharing love, happiness and kindness is really all there is at the end of the day. I agree.
2006-11-04 18:30:21 · answer #10 · answered by Cynthia 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
u shouldnt catter to any one but when you get the chance yes making people happy is a main goal in life.. as long as some where someone else makes you happy too! ^^
2006-11-04 19:17:31 · answer #11 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋