Fact: each man wants to be happy.
No man has ever planned to be sadder each moment. No one ever walks towards being a lesser happy
each day. No one ever prepare for tomorrow with bitter tears as the goal. All
actions are for the intent to be happy.
How about those men who take the
bullet for others; those who make sacrifices? How would that qualify as an
action towards happiness? Does that not contradict the idea that each man
intend to be happy?
There is a simple answer to that. The question presupposes a false dilemma.
There is a simple answer to that. The question presupposes a false dilemma.
1. Sacrifice is not unhappiness. It is not misery.
Sacrifice is not synonymous with sadness.
2. Happiness is an end. While sacrifice is a means. It is just
one of the means to the end.
Sacrifice is not something that
takes away happiness. Rather it is a way with hope to attain or reinforce
happiness. Much like when a merchant who needs to give-up something he owns in an
anticipation that at the other side of the bargain is a package of more
happiness. Sacrifice is an important undertaking towards happiness. Sacrifice, though implying burden on the one
making a sacrifice, simply doesn’t contradict a man’s want to be happy.
