For Happiness: Difference between revisions

Yes it does<br />

'Cause all I really need's a smile, smile, smile<br />

 

 

Let's, for example, say that [[For the Evulz|Alice is having a great time hurting Charlie]]. Bob disapproves: It's a good thing that she's doing something she enjoys, but it's not cool that she's doing it at his expense. Bob has no desire to punish her for her misdeeds, but might do so if that's the most efficient way to make her stop and to help Charlie get his self-esteem back.

While Bob might be any average guy, his desire to make happiness possible - and especially the fight against needless suffering that comes with it - might drive him to become a hero. In some interpretations of Order vs Chaos, Bob is a [[Chaotic Good]] kind of character who might clash with a [[Lawful Good]] hero who disregards [[For Happiness]] in favor of having [[For Great Justice]] as his only driving principle. A hero who in such a setting embrace BOTH [[For Happiness]] and [[For Great Justice]], keeping a balance between them when they clash, is [[Neutral Good]].

 

 

This is an available basis for morality while being secular and without relying on "Because God and the priests said so."

Compare [[Good Feels Good]]. Compare ''and'' contrast [[Totalitarian Utilitarian]] and [[Happiness Is Mandatory]], as well as [[Getting Smilies Painted On Your Soul]].

 

 

== Anime & Manga ==

* ''[[Kushiels Legacy|Kushiel's Mercy]]'' has Ptolmey Solon, the world's probably smartest man, who holds that happiness is the highest form of wisdom.

* ''[[Stranger in A Strange Land]]'' had Patricia Paiwonski, who "wanted to sacrifice herself on an altar of happiness for the world."

* ''[[Wicked Lovely]]'' has the Summer court, who are described as 'happy by nature' and 'frivoulous and passoionate'. They oftentimes tell others to 'choose happiness'. However, due to their nature as part of [[The Fair Folk]], they often put happiness before things like morality and loyalty, on one occaision telling [[Badass Normal|Seth]] to leave [[Interspecies Romance|Aislinn]] because he'll be happier that way.

{{quote| "Sometimes it's not about being happy, but courting happiness." -Siobahn.}}

* Finn from ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]'' wants to solve everyone's problems. In another show, the way this was set up would lead to him realizing he can't, and making most people happy, or [[Sweet and Sour Grapes|giving up but finding that making himself happy makes everyone else happier]]. But this is ''[[Crazy Awesome|Adventure Time]]'', after all. So [[Determinator|he does]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|it.]]

** He does eventually learn that he can't make everybody ''like'' him for or by doing so though.

 

== Fan Fiction ==