Happiness in John Stuart Mill’s moral theory is the ‘greatest happiness principle’ which he calls utilitarianism. He believes that everyone is capable of happiness. Immanuel Kant moral theory is the one of moral duties, meaning that one’s actions should be from moral alone not for the consequences; like happiness. Kant claims that those who are debt free are the happiest because they are also guilt free. Friedrich Nietzsche moral theory are two; master and slave morality. In both theories he points out that the happy people are the noble because they have what they want and have power over the common. The common are filled with hatred and resentment therefore, their happiness comes in the afterlife. Kant and Nietzsche view on happiness both
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He says that in master morality the ‘good’ arises from the noble and powerful because they are the ones who define the term and consider themselves as ‘good’. They call themselves ‘good’ because if they compare themselves with the poor and the weak they are ‘good’ and the poor are ‘bad’. They get to make such decision because they have power over the common. He points out that the word ‘good’ comes from the same root as the words powerful, masters, rich which makes them happy. The common people are associated with lying and cowardice which makes them unhappy. Lower orders of society are related to variants on the word unhappy. Nobles saw themselves as naturally happy. Nietzsche points out that the Jews from hatred changed the moral valuation from master morality to slave morality. Where now the poor see themselves as ‘good’ and the powerful are now ‘evil’. So the moral code changed from what was ‘good’ became ‘evil’ and what was once ‘bad’ became ‘good’. The noble man’s good is precisely what the man of resentment calls ‘evil’. Justice is an invention of slave morality made out as an ideal that masters bravely disregard. Slave morality does not seek revenge, but waits for the “judgement of god” that will restore
He says that in master morality the ‘good’ arises from the noble and powerful because they are the ones who define the term and consider themselves as ‘good’. They call themselves ‘good’ because if they compare themselves with the poor and the weak they are ‘good’ and the poor are ‘bad’. They get to make such decision because they have power over the common. He points out that the word ‘good’ comes from the same root as the words powerful, masters, rich which makes them happy. The common people are associated with lying and cowardice which makes them unhappy. Lower orders of society are related to variants on the word unhappy. Nobles saw themselves as naturally happy. Nietzsche points out that the Jews from hatred changed the moral valuation from master morality to slave morality. Where now the poor see themselves as ‘good’ and the powerful are now ‘evil’. So the moral code changed from what was ‘good’ became ‘evil’ and what was once ‘bad’ became ‘good’. The noble man’s good is precisely what the man of resentment calls ‘evil’. Justice is an invention of slave morality made out as an ideal that masters bravely disregard. Slave morality does not seek revenge, but waits for the “judgement of god” that will restore