In response to question
one, I think that our society is a hedonistic society. As a society, we focus
on what we want and will do anything to get it. Today we are lazy humans, and
with that I think we have developed the thought that we need things and we need
it NOW! This can be related to the hedonism approach of happiness. In a way I
think our society has the thought “as much happiness as possible” which is a
reconsideration of the theory. Our society focuses on what happiness they can
thrive off the easiest and quickest. Which can be fine, but also it allows them
to become lazy in a sense of the word. I think this relate most like to our
society. I feel that I am the same way. The sum of a bunch of happy little
things can generally make someone very happy in life. I feel that in a way its
the little things that make me happy. Just tonight, I worked from 2-10 and I
can home in a disgruntled stress and my husband had cleaned the whole house.
This made me very happy. Its the little things he does (also big things) that
make me a very happy wife! On the flip side, the theory also talks
about how humans cant have pleasure every minute of the day! This can become a
problem with the life our society lives. What they want cant always be given
right away. Which many people could be upset with that fact. The “All you can
eat buffets” are a key to this theory. A hedonist would say “There will be time
to cut down later, let me indulge now.” They will worry about the guilt later,
I feel this is how todays people think. Also, they thought of overindulging
would never cross the mind because there is no such thing as it? They would
never think that this would be possible. Also this theory discusses the fact
that “pleasure owed to a deserving person for services rendered or unpleasant
chores performed. This can also be related to todays people because everyone
wants what they think they deserve.
