(February 27, 2013 at 2:51 pm)Question Mark Wrote: One could argue that it is the general goal of all life, though. The purpose of life is to prolong itself.
The most basic one - surely. And then you have an animal whose mind becomes slightly different from the rest of life on this planet, and all sorts of further considerations come into play, new goals, new ways of defining good (not only on a personal, but on a societal level), new meanings...
But the eternal dilemma - how can we be happy amid the unhappiness of others?