Eliminating Capital from the Path to Happiness
The pursuit of happiness usually serves as a major goal in a free democratic society. However, for a society as a whole, and for the individual citizens in it, the definition of happiness remains unclear, which makes attaining this goal difficult. While happiness can take on a variety of different meanings, it can be separated into two main categories, absolute happiness and relative happiness. Absolute happiness can be described as the happiness that one feels through the love they have for themselves, others and their ambitions in life. Absolute happiness is what makes individuals feel whole and alive, it is the pure joy one receives from living life itself. Relative happiness can be described …show more content…
Then I will explain how capital has become the path to absolute happiness, and specific ways in which this can be changed through government intervention. Then I will speak about how Marx would mitigate the power of capitalism through revolutionary changes that would create complete economic equality. I will further argue that economic equality alone does not ensure happiness social inequalities could occur even in a situation where everyone has economic equality. Because these social inequalities could infringe upon one 's happiness to an even greater extent than economic inequalities could, it is imperative that social equality remain the center of concern for a society that strives to ensure that the pursuit of happiness is possible for …show more content…
In fact, it removes capital, and other forms of wealth from the equation when striving for happiness. Those who would be against such reforms would be individuals who have the means and are willing to pay for their happiness. However, the wealthy individuals in a society do not make up the majority, and in a free democratic society, this means that the government would not oppose the majority for the wealthy minority. It makes one question how then does the government represent the interests of the wealthy few, and I will discuss later on in the paper how money has been empowered to control other sects of society such as
The pursuit of happiness usually serves as a major goal in a free democratic society. However, for a society as a whole, and for the individual citizens in it, the definition of happiness remains unclear, which makes attaining this goal difficult. While happiness can take on a variety of different meanings, it can be separated into two main categories, absolute happiness and relative happiness. Absolute happiness can be described as the happiness that one feels through the love they have for themselves, others and their ambitions in life. Absolute happiness is what makes individuals feel whole and alive, it is the pure joy one receives from living life itself. Relative happiness can be described …show more content…
Then I will explain how capital has become the path to absolute happiness, and specific ways in which this can be changed through government intervention. Then I will speak about how Marx would mitigate the power of capitalism through revolutionary changes that would create complete economic equality. I will further argue that economic equality alone does not ensure happiness social inequalities could occur even in a situation where everyone has economic equality. Because these social inequalities could infringe upon one 's happiness to an even greater extent than economic inequalities could, it is imperative that social equality remain the center of concern for a society that strives to ensure that the pursuit of happiness is possible for …show more content…
In fact, it removes capital, and other forms of wealth from the equation when striving for happiness. Those who would be against such reforms would be individuals who have the means and are willing to pay for their happiness. However, the wealthy individuals in a society do not make up the majority, and in a free democratic society, this means that the government would not oppose the majority for the wealthy minority. It makes one question how then does the government represent the interests of the wealthy few, and I will discuss later on in the paper how money has been empowered to control other sects of society such as