Thursday, November 26, 2009

Desire for Happiness and Prosperity

Desire is a sense of longing for a person or object or hoping for an outcome. When a person desires something or someone, their sense of longing is executed by the enjoyment of the thought of the item or person, and then they want to take action to obtain their goal. Hobbes asserted that human desire is the fundamental motivation of all human action.
What is happiness? According to Ayn Rand,"Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values. A morality that dares to tell you to find happiness in the renunciation of your happiness - to value the failure of your values -is an insolent negation of morality. A doctrine that gives you, as an ideal, the role of a sacrificial animal seeking slaughter on the altars of others, is giving you death as your standard. By the grace of reality and the nature of life, man - every man - is an end in himself, he exists for his own sake, and the achievement of his own happiness is his highest moral purpose."
Prosperity is the state of flourishing, thriving, success, or good fortune.Prosperity often encompasses wealth but also includes other factors which are independent of wealth to varying degrees, such as happiness and health.Prosperity is not moral or ethical, it can go to the robber baron or the ruthless.It comes from organization of Power. It is not to be shunned. It reduces ignorance and illness, and provides and supports freedom. It issues from industry, responsibility, honesty, organization, common sense and alertness in life. It is energy organized. It is indispensable for jealth, education, and happiness.

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