what sparked this inquiry?
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Replying to @interfluidity
I would be curious what the argument against happiness is. Seems that if true, it wrecks most social systems.
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Replying to @pearkes
one might argue that in practice happiness is purchased by, at best, indifference to, and more commonly complicity in, the misery of others.
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Replying to @interfluidity
this is an explicitly zero-sum view of the world, no?
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Replying to @pearkes
no. it doesn’t claim that my happiness must necessarily be balanced by someone’s unhappiness. just realistically, if i am happy, i am happy…
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Replying to @interfluidity @pearkes
despite the fact that others are miserable. perhaps in a utilitarian sense, it does no harm, my mental state mb irrelevant to others’
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Replying to @interfluidity @pearkes
suffering (or not, depending on how it conditions my behavior). but is that sort of utilitarianism a sufficient ethics? and most likely my
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Replying to @interfluidity @pearkes
emotions do condition my behavior, if i am happy, if i am content, i am less likely to be empathizing with, understanding, the miserable, or
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OTOH people dislike being around unhappy people. Emotions are catching. It could be seen as unethical to be miserable around others.
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