Definition of Happiness
from Reasons for "Correctness"
Definition of Happiness
A classic example can be found in J. S. Mill's "Utilitarianism.
>Happiness means the presence of pleasure and the absence of pain. Unhappiness means the presence of pain and the absence of comfort.
Mill thinks there's the right to execute a fool in the first place, so he'd have to allow someone who "wants to use euphoric drugs and live happily ever after" to use them, even if a third party thinks it's folly to do so.
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