originally posted in:Secular Sevens
If it makes one happy, and doesn't make anyone else unhappy, I'd say that it is a generally good thing.
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Edited by Ric_Adbur: 4/24/2013 6:16:42 AMWhy is happiness alone sufficient justification? There are countless examples of things that both tend to make people happy and are demonstrably detrimental. Drugs make people happy, so should we all just take happy pills and wallow in medicated bliss until we starve to death? Or is it possible that happiness isn't the end-all-be-all of existence? Is more, perhaps, required for a fulfilled and worthwhile life?
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I don't think so. Personally, 100 years or less isn't a significant enough amount of time to worry about anything other than being happy and loved and making everyone else happy and loved. That's probably how I would measure the success a person has in life. Drugs are synthetic happiness. They're fake, incomparable, and in when you're not happy(because you're on drugs) you're horribly depressed and sick and all you want is more drugs. That doesn't sound very nice.
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My point is that emotion is simply a chemical reaction in the brain, and it is undoubtedly possible to artificially stimulate such reactions. In this theoretical context, the synthetic happiness is no different from the real thing. Even so, I doubt many people would choose such an option, implying that something other than just happiness is required.
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Well, if you're looking at this strictly based upon the physical realm. Which, I suppose makes sense, since you're not a person of faith. I was mainly referring to this in a spiritual context.