tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621024.post106489340776628101..comments2024-01-09T03:52:43.027-08:00Comments on The Abstract Factory: Three thought experiments: Is happiness the ultimate good?Keunwoo Lee (Cog)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05577836853536292311noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621024.post-23098592490267793572011-03-14T00:13:12.275-07:002011-03-14T00:13:12.275-07:00I've never read you blog, so I don't know ...I've never read you blog, so I don't know if there are past writings on this, but the question stands, "What is Happiness?", as in, I would be happy just knowing I had a son, granted he had been lost, I would be happy knowing that I made others happy as well, or made others not as sad, or contributed to raising any persons standard of life, before mine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621024.post-69298428383329883432009-03-25T22:13:00.000-07:002009-03-25T22:13:00.000-07:00yes, I agree with anonymous. Justice itself is a s...yes, I agree with anonymous. Justice itself is a source of happiness, a source of contentment though not of ecstasy or joy.Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030170536536215458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621024.post-72358347244416910312008-11-03T11:39:00.000-08:002008-11-03T11:39:00.000-08:00I believe that you are still working towards happi...I believe that you are still working towards happiness even in those scenarios. If you are given those options, you would choose the option that would make you happier in that instince, even if it will make you unhappy in the longrun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621024.post-16156330774540151282007-02-18T14:01:00.000-08:002007-02-18T14:01:00.000-08:00Cog,I just found your blog, and I'm going to read ...Cog,<BR/><BR/>I just found your blog, and I'm going to read more closely soon. I agree with your "unfair" criticisms of Marar's book (in a different post). I recently read the book and found it unbearable, and a bad representation of what philosophy is or can do. I would modestly recommend people like Robert Nozick (whom you're probably already read), who agrees with most of your conclusions, such as the ones you draw from your thought experiments, that happiness is not the only good. I agree, too, but clearly, there's something important about it, or we wouldn't obsess over it. (I'm also not willing to accept a purely "psychological/sensation" definition of happiness; maybe I've been too steeped in Greek philosophy lately.) Check out my project if you have time: http://vaindesires.blogspot.com. (I wouldn't mind trading links, if you're so inclined, too.)<BR/><BR/>MattMatthew Pianaltohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380038537888895216noreply@blogger.com