Why does everyone seek happiness?

Isn’t a spec of happiness the subjective sensation of a corporal micro-evolution?
Shouldn’t we therefore seek a culture of happiness?
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2011-09-01T10:55:10Z

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2011-09-01T11:53:03Z

Milton : Here generic happiness is the beginning of our search.
A/B/FW : Dissection of a tautology is our big job here. Newton penetrated the tautology about a falling apple that would fall because it was to fall.
Raja : Seeing motivation behind happiness is alright, respecting own way is alright, but we are looking for the inner mechanism that creates happiness.

2011-09-01T23:50:21Z

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FWilhelmN2011-09-01T10:28:32Z

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The proposition that everyone seeks happiness is a tautology. "Happiness" is the feeling one experiences when one gets what one wants. Becoming happy is, therefore, equivalent to getting what one wants. So the question of why people seek happiness is equivalent to saying "why do people want what they want?", which is, in fact, different for different people. To say they are all seeking happiness is redundant - if they seek at all, they are seeking happiness, by definition.

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Raja2011-09-01T18:00:26Z

Happiness is the motivation of all creatures including human beings. Everyone find happiness in their own ways. As far as you don't hurt anyone there will not be any problem in your happiness.

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Milton2011-09-01T16:52:07Z

Not everyone seeks elusive happiness. Some are wise enough to know that seeking balance and contentment are far more attainable and maintainable

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Anthony O2011-09-01T17:00:18Z

Thats like asking why we seek pain free living.

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?2011-09-01T17:20:49Z

Because no one has experienced happiness and felt that they don't want any more of it.

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