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The goal is not happiness; the goal is liberation.

• logicchains 6y ago
  The goal the article is referring to is improving mental health. Is a consistently unhappy person considered mentally healthy?
  • glutamate 6y ago
    If I worked for my own happiness, how would I look at myself in the mirror knowing that my happiness is based on an unsustainable lifestyle? How can I be happy knowing that that my sisters can't get three square meals a day and my brothers can't breathe?
    • logicchains 6y ago
      >If I worked for my own happiness, how would I look at myself in the mirror knowing that my happiness is based on an unsustainable lifestyle? Clearly you have goals/values other than just "maximising own happiness". If your goal was purely that (not suggesting it should be), then those other values would just stand in the way of happiness.
    • snikeris 6y ago
      I would argue that you are in a better position to help your brothers and sisters from a place of happiness. You know, put on your oxygen mask before you help the passenger next to you. Otherwise you’ve passed out and are of no use to anyone.
• andi999 6y ago
  Often when people try to 'liberate' a society most people of that society end up in deeper misery, especially if the 'liberation' was successful. The stability gained from institution should not be undervalued and easily discarded/bypassed.