Ways to make yourself happier

Re:Ways to make yourself happier by bendoernberg on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @05:02PM (#6169144)

Do you believe there is any basis on which someone's conduct can be judged? It seems like there are three options here: no judgement (moral relativism), judgement based on someone's intent, or judgement based on the impact of someone's actions. I choose option 2.

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Re:Ways to make yourself happier by wtvanhest on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @05:08PM (#6169179)

I do like the framework you proposed. Sometimes you don't have to only take one approach at problem solving/analysis. Usually it is helpful to consider multiple factors and do so on a scale.

I like to combine moral relativism with the person's intent, both internal (what they hope to accomplish for themselves) and their external intent (what they hope to accomplish for others) with the impact of their actions.

Any single approach will likely cause massive errors in analysis. That is typical of all analysis, not just philosophy.

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Re:Ways to make yourself happier by bendoernberg on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @05:22PM (#6169270)

I'd agree with that, it definitely is a mixture. My argument is that this article implicitly endorses using "does this make me happy" as the sole framework for analyzing your actions, and that is not an admirable approach IMO.

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Re:Ways to make yourself happier by crusso on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @05:33PM (#6169335)

You're making up all kinds of straw men there. The article made no such endorsement, implicitly or otherwise.

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Re:Ways to make yourself happier by bendoernberg on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @05:47PM (#6169418)

"Help others – 100 hours a year is the magical number."

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Re:Ways to make yourself happier by crusso on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @09:35PM (#6176873)

You said as the "sole framework". That's made up.

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