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Early Women Social Thinker
Harriet Martineau
““The great ends of human
association” aim above all “to the grand one. The only general
one,-- human happiness.”” Harriet “law” of life was “human
happiness.” What is human happiness to be exact? That's a good
question. According to the Webster Merriam dictionary “happiness”
is the state of being happy. Well whats being “happy” mean?
Webster Merriam dictionary says “happy” is feeling or showing
pleasure or contentment. Contentment is happiness. In essence
contentment is security and being secure is happiness. Harriet
believes that each and everyone's goal is to try and achieve
happiness in life but life or society may not allow that to happen.
She gives three basic terms to explain this outline for life.
- Morals: shared norms
- Manners: actions based on norms
- Anomaly: disruption between morals and norms.
Example: war, social class, race,
gender inequality.
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This image shows disruption in a heart
beat and I believe helps understand the concept of morals, norms, and
anomaly. Disruption is going to occur in most peoples life's in many
different ways. It is almost what you make out of it in having the
end result being happiness. As if what you put into it is what you
are going to get out of it. Happiness is something that everyone
whats in life. Everyone whats to be happy. What does it look like?
That is up to each and every individual to decides what happiness is
to them. Many talk about the “American Dream.” What is that to be
exact?
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This image shows the “American
Dream.” This can mean many things, in changes from time to time and
from place to place. Most people describe the “American Dream” is
having a successful life. Meaning having a job, house, kids, wife,
family. Overall the “American Dream” can be different for
everyone and can be influenced by many different things. One thing
that I would think is apart of everyone's “American Dream” is
contentment or security.
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