Essay On Right To Happiness

Happiness is something that is hard to accomplish in this world because there are rules and laws that restrict one from pursuing the all things possible that may complete their happiness. According to an article by C.S. Lewis, “We have no ‘Right to Happiness’”, happiness is limited by things that the government put in place for the public place limits on their lifestyle and things that might make them happy. This happiness is not spread equally among individuals outside of the government because there is a group of individuals called the ‘top 1 percent’ who benefit from the government the most but according to Joseph E. Stiglitz the ’99 percent’ are the real ones in power. Although one would like to think that happiness is unlimited I agree with Lewis that our happiness is limited by our government and this limit is in favor of the ‘top 1 percent’. Lewis starts off his article explaining why you have no right to happiness and what it means to have a right to happiness. He introduces Clare, an opinionated moralists, and argues with her in his …show more content…
The ‘top 1 percent’ would like to keep their happiness to themselves and they do not wish to share it with others. Agreeing with Lewis that we should limit the pursuit of happiness in concern for others, the rich should limit their happiness and laws should be made to make everyone has about the same chances of achieving happiness. For example the tax law should be changed so that depending on how much you make you should pay a certain amount, so if you make more you should pay more. There should be things that prevent under the table deals where politicians are being paid to vote on bills that is not for the greater good. Happiness should not be limited for one person but not limited for the other it only makes inequality more prominent in the