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Is happiness really a worthy aspiration? Should we be fulfilled?

Given the realities of our world, isn't the ethical and socially conscious attitude one of hatred and perpetual rage?

>> ^gorillaman:

Is happiness really a worthy aspiration? Should we be fulfilled?
Given the realities of our world, isn't the ethical and socially conscious attitude one of hatred and perpetual rage?

What, like a kind of emotional self flagellation?


Surely the ethical thing to do is to improve the wellbeing/happiness of those around you. Does hatred or rage at the world, however justified, do anything but poison your best intentions?

my $0.02c

also- from wiki "The Stoic philosopher Epictetus posited that the greatest good was contentment and serenity. Peace of mind, or Apatheia, was of the highest value; self-mastery over one's desires and emotions leads to spiritual peace. The "unconquerable will" is central to this philosophy. The individual's will should be independent and inviolate. Allowing a person to disturb the mental equilibrium is in essence offering yourself in slavery. If a person is free to anger you at will, you have no control over your internal world, and therefore no freedom."

You can't clean up a shithole if you're happy wallowing in shit.