Opposing Views On John Stuart Mill's Search For Happiness

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John Stuart Mill’s explains that we do not have to look for happiness because we can find it without searching for it, we do not have to focus entirely on our own happiness, but make other people happy in order to find happiness of your own. He explains that we do not have to search for happiness because it will come all we need to focus on is on subjects other than thinking of being happy.

I agree with some of the idea’s John S.M. has when he argues that we should not search for happiness.

I agree with John Stuart Mill’s when he states that happiness will come to you when you are not looking for it. People tend to look for happiness because everybody wants to be happy, so they believe that by looking for it they are going to find it. What they do not realize is that we do not necessarily have to look for it because if we keep living happiness will find it’s way to us without us even noticing. I also agree with the fact that by making others happy there is a higher possibility that you can achieve happiness. When you make someone else happy they will appreciate and acknowledge the fact that you have just made their day better and everybody likes to feel appreciated and acknowledged in some way and it gives …show more content…

If someone decides to seek happiness they will find it and not just because they are looking for it means that they are selfish because they are trying to make themselves happy, but it is not impossible for someone to find happiness on their own neither is it the best way nor the worst way. Everybody is different and if you are trying to search for happiness and tend to find yourself failing you might just be looking in the right place. In many occasions this tends to happen and that is the reason people can not find happiness because they probably do not want to be there yet they are convinced that they have to stay because that is what will make them