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Prepared for Panashe M. | Delivered August 8, 2019
Fulfilling Life Theories
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Goals
The goal is to find both western and eastern philosophies on life happiness for personal use.
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Early Findings
Three of the
most popular theories
on life happiness in the west are Hedonism, the Desire Satisfaction Theory, and the Objective List Theory. Other theories of life happiness
include
the Marx Theory and the Epicurus Theory.
Hedonism claims that the
only drivers
of life are pleasure, or happiness, and pain, or unhappiness. All emotions fall under these two headings.
For example
, joy, love, and gratification fall under pleasure, and depression, sadness, and anger fall under pain. This theory encourages people to "
aim for
the greatest balance of pleasure over pain".
The
Objective List
theory claims that each person has a list of things that are essential to their overall life happiness, such as friendships or a career, and having those things is what makes them feel fulfilled.
The
Epicurus
theory states that people can be fulfilled by ultimately aiming to find pleasure, not virtue or knowledge. This theory focuses more on indulging personal pleasure.
Western theories on happiness tend to focus on the
individual
pursuit of happiness, whereas Eastern theories focus more on happiness gained from
community activities
and service.
The
Confucian
theory comes from Eastern practices. This theory states that individual happiness is achieved through "
due contributions
to the material and cultural development of the society". The theory also says that people must be
constantly
attempting to better their life by frequently
evaluating
things they have not yet done or learned and focusing on accomplishing those things.
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