To pleasure happiness

The man appointed to act

A philosophy of evolution

The fun is not a bad thing, but some pleasures bring more pain than pleasure Epicurus

The man fled the suffering and seeks pleasure. This is the great engine of human action. To satisfy his desire for pleasure, the human being must act. Acting, he builds his world.

Unfortunately, the pursuit of pleasure * is also part of the great generators of violence and injustice.

* Desire to possess, to dominate, to enslave, to enjoy against the will of others etc..

Positivist theory

In our philosophy, humanity is destined to reach its perfection.

The lure of the action and the refusal of suffering, are the two great guides.

The desire for action drives us to build social structures, practices and ethics of humanity.
And the fear of suffering, we forced * to reduce violence in favor of sweetness.

* This is of course a slow and steady atrophy, which we can take the measure by extending the time hundreds of years.

This process slowly led our species to the brotherhood and universality. To love of neighbor and universal peace. To a space where man is no longer, or a wolf, or a master of man. When all the technical structures of humanity will be completed, the builders work will become unnecessary. Its engine, desire, too. Mankind then penetrate time of happiness, contemplation and serenity. In other words, when a man has completed its evolution * no more unrest will disrupt it. The " sloshing " of his heart and his mind will be completed.

* Completely cleaned and its relation to the environment

Humanity will enter the kingdom of peace, ecstasy, nirvana, absolute happiness... This is the philosophy of mécaniqueuniverselle...

Human physiology and Action

But perfection is far from us. We 're the builders of this world future men. Workers condemned to build the best of all possible worlds, some carrots for fun. We are committed artists to lead our species to its fullness.

The man - builder is a "machine" to act.
It is built to build.

The majority of us would be unable to pass a life without undertaking. A life without creating or having the feeling of working for the community.
Few psyches able to withstand the feeling of emptiness. To take no action and the silence of the ascetic in his cave.

Mind and body action-oriented

Our body is a sum of energy demanding to be dissipated in the form of creative action. Our mind requires this dissipation.

On the one hand the spirit punishes inaction ( in the accompanying painful sensations, boredom, anxiety, melancholy )...

on the other, it stimulates action by the desire of the goal and the rewards it behind. I work my garden for the pleasure of eating good vegetables and to offer my friends... I write books for the pleasure to please my readers, etc.. etc...

Required to properly build

The difficulty of succeeding only adds to the need for Beaumarchais.

Not only must we act, but we must do the best we can.

In fact, every human being is part of a highly interdependent and moralized social fabric. Neighbors, friends, family, colleagues, media, justice, etc.., Judge our actions. They measure in terms of good and evil.

A job well done, a good deed done, are rewarded, compliments, praise where praise. These awards give us pleasure.

Instead, poor workmanship, poor work generate complaints, reprimands or sanctions. And sentences we generate in displeasure when suffering.

Constable of conscience

Our moral intimate acts in the same way.

We are accustomed, from childhood, to separate the good deeds of evil. To get closer to the " right thing " and impaired escape acts. Throughout our existence, herewith we use to judge the attitude of others as our own. Because we use for ourselves, this principle of punishment and reward. I have a pleasant feeling of happiness after doing good to others. And I have a bad feeling if I abused him.

* With such a mechanism, we are naturally inclined to move towards good deeds.

* A mechanism that makes us feel "better" after having done a good deed and not much done after a bad

Finally, the combination of pleasure and displeasure, * the creative principle directs our steps. It directs the individual to the "right" action.

* And thanks also to the moral conscience.

And of course, if he pushes each individual to do good, it affects the whole humanity *. In other words, it is the whole of humanity, which is facing the right thing.

* Of course, there must be a small percentage of individuals to violate this rule in order to change the law and the law.

We 're not perfect

But we are going towards perfection

Heroes at work..

Work is like a stationary anchor which stops the agitation of our heart and our thoughts. Mabillon

Humanity is on the road to perfection but it is not perfect. Even if the company is globally oriented "good", "bad actions" occur there. We are not saints or heroes!

Or more precisely, we are not saints, but we are heroes ! Heroes Hercules type half man and half God. Of forced to work 12 major heroes * and capable of the best and the worst...

* defeat the beast in all of us, definitely cauterize this link with nature to prevent them reappear, go to hell, take all the misery of the world, conquering death etc..

By cons, we are not saints, at least not yet !
In other words, we are not yet in the image of God *.

* Since the definition of saint in most major religions, is to be in the image of God.

Simply light the TV to understand our true level of evolution. To measure the gap between our desire to do good deeds and the actual reality. To assess without indulgence, the difference between being and should be.

Empathy and its default

If cruelty is relatively marginal in humanity, yet it is present. In the human norm, when a man commits an evil act, it creates in him remorse. When a bad action causes no regret, we often deal with a disease. This is called narcissistic perversion, etc. * psychopathology.

* Even if for the time being, most of them are considered as psychotic "without symptoms." In fact, their symptoms are to be read in the suffering of their victims.

Cruelty by implication

But in most cases, the individual is driven to cruelty by the system. The social fabric, custom or morality requires it to be unfair, discriminatory or selfish. The company forced him to drive so monstrous to his fellows.

This is certainly the case for war. The barbarity of 14/18, 39 /40, Vietnam or Iraq are initiated by these perverse and insensitive systems.

We find the bad influence of power in certain ideologies. In communism when it requires men to spy on each other. In liberalism is when iousse ( under the guise of competition) crushed others to survive *.

* The Dardenne brothers' film " Rosetta " shows very well.

In liberalism even when it leads to all human elitism, corruption and nepotism. When he returns to the front of the stage any form of indirect slavery and transvestite.

But the world is getting better and better

But this is a one-off phase in the history of mankind.

By its excesses, the liberal system is beginning to raise enough outrage to boost protest philosophies. The excesses of liberalism nearing term. It is only a matter of time. The "old concepts ", they also are declining in humanity.

For example, if racism and anti-Semitism are still active, these archaic visions are being exceeded. The new consciousness, we sense are good, want to do away with these old traditions. Laws also have been established to rid us started.

Another example, some bourgeoisie "selfish" and without qualms still exists today. This elite, like his ancestors, is able to remain deaf to the misery of others. Yet, overall, the mood of the new bourgeoisie is improving. It is less rigorous, less and less hermetic abusante the bourgeoisie of the 19th century *.

* Although, through the media owned, an elite came a few decades to admit that there is no shame to be selfish, VIP, rich and arrogant.

Human morality is still strong

In conclusion, we can say so.

In the vast majority of "fine lines " (justice, brotherhood, peace and sharing) are still the majority. They still collect today, all votes. In his privacy (and despite the pressure From Market ) popular philosophy reveres the great values of humanity. In every human group, altruistic is generally preferred to the selfish, the just unjust, mild to severe...

Overall, therefore, the human majority immersed in an ethical and positive rewards fond of atmosphere. It therefore naturally tends to focus its actions to the good of humanity. This mechanism is self- fertilizing. It encourages each individual to strive for perfection. Which directs, by declination, humanity towards perfection.

Beatitude / pleasure / happiness

The desire on the one hand...

The contemplation of the other

The state of contemplation (spiritually speaking) induced the cessation of any constructive action. This is ecstasy, absorption in the absolute.

But man must make his world. This is why access to contemplation * it is so difficult.

* Contemplation is related to the "non- action" ( in its spiritual dimension ).

This requirement of efficiency, also closes the gratification of ecstasy ( quietude, absolute happiness ).

In other words, the world is still to finish building, it requires a lot more action than contemplation. More desire than bliss. This is why man "builder of bliss " does not have access to bliss. His reward is limited to pleasure. Pleasure is the gratification of constructive action.
Ecstasy is the reward of non-action ( in the spiritual sense)...

Between the two forms of feeling, stood an impenetrable border. It is easier to man builder access to the various pleasures of life, that the blissful experience of contemplation. It requires most of the time, a rigorous asceticism and renunciation of pleasure. I want to inaction true joy said Chuang Tzu, but the custom is a great misfortune.

Bergson's philosophy

Outside to the inside

This "duty of action " at the expense of happiness, can be read in this short extract Bergson :

Everyone has noticed it more difficult to advance in self-knowledge than in the outside world.

Outside itself, the effort to learn is natural, it is given with increasing ease, the rules are applied. Within, the focus should remain tight and progress become increasingly painful, you'd go up the slope of nature. Are there not something surprising ?

We are inside of ourselves and our personality is what we should know better.

Not at all, our mind is like abroad, while the material is familiar and, with her, he feels at home. But it is a certain ignorance of self is perhaps useful to a being who must act to externalize and it responds to a necessity of life. Our action is exerted on the material, and is more effective than knowledge of the matter was taken further. No doubt it is advantageous to do good, to think about what we will do, to understand what we did, to represent what we could do : nature invites us, this is a traits that distinguish man from the animal, the whole impression of the moment. But nature does not require that we look inside ourselves : we see so much mind, but the mind is preparing to shape : matter, adapting to it in advance, is giving whatever spatial, geometric, intellectual.

Knowledge of the mind, in that it has proper spiritual, rather we move away from the goal.

We 're getting closer, however, when we study the structure of things. Nature and away the spirit of the mind, the mind turns to the subject. But when we see how we can, if we choose, to broaden, deepen, intensify indefinitely the vision which was granted us in mind.

As a result :

If during development, man, overall, did not have access to absolute happiness, only pleasure
and if pleasure is the reward of our actions,
it is natural to enjoy and develop human pleasures

Acknowledge the pleasure

The measured and just fun

It is good for health.

Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational beings. Voltaire

The pleasure is the reward of the action, it is necessary to enhance. But of course, this valuation of pleasure must be subject to conditions. It must accord with the profound philosophy of humanity. With the fundamental values of human beings.

In other words, the pleasure must not be at the expense of others or against his deep interest. And unfortunately this is still often the case.

This is the case when some influential politicians, despise human fragile population. When they ignore the fact that their selfishness plunges into a need of humanity... then they take their pleasure at the expense of others.

This is the case when some manufacturers use a workforce underdeveloped in conditions of slavery. Lorsqu'indirectement directly or they organize their workers to maintain the boundaries of poverty. They take their pleasure at the expense of others.

This is the case when men impose their domination over women. When using machismo or tradition to keep their partners in a real slavery. They then take their pleasure at the expense of others.

This is the case when the dominant castes, prevent their plan to move to hoard all the wealth. When Western governments support these archaic systems to take advantage of their resources. They then take their pleasure at the expense of many.

The list would be long if we wanted to meet all the selfish pleasures taken at the expense of congeners. And we see it every day, there is still much work to ease human pleasures. To make them more ethical.

But gradually our awareness of others grows. It is a fundamental condition to overcome the laws of nature. To not take pleasure at the expense of his fellows.

in short

since :

Pleasure is the most natural and most engine just to motivate human action. Slavery by contrast, is the most unjust engine.
Since the direction of change seems to require that we become more human..
N then we must advocate the corresponding pleasures of human ethics.

In other words, we need to promote shared pleasures with others.. without disturbing others.. in respect for others... and devalue the contrary, all pleasures taken at the expense of others.

The action is the fundamental value of humanity under construction... the pursuit of happiness is the engine... ethics and pleasure, his reward.

2001


téléology

l'homme est une subjectivité confronté à la nécessité de vivre et d'agir.

Le plaisir n'est qu'un artifice imaginé par la nature pour obtenir de l'être vivant la conservation de la vie ; il n'indique pas la direction où la vie est lancée. Mais la joie annonce toujours que la vie a réussi, qu'elle a gagné du terrain, qu'elle a remporté une victoire Bergson