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I decided to write my paper on factory for two main reasons. The first deals with happiness and virtue and his take on these things. I would first off like to state my disagreements with his ideas and then I allow for speak of my agreements.Mill contends that a less intelligent individual can not be as happy as one with a great intellectual capacity. He also states that you would not be happy as swine even if everything you desired was given. I disagree. I feel that if you do not realise of what you do not have then you cannot miss it. If we were less intelligent then we would be more content with the more primal postulate that our ancestors had. If their needs were met then they were happy. Can we say the same for ourselves? Even if I had everything I ever wanted I could not be as happy as a caveman who had a mate, good hunting grounds and a full stomach. They had no one to worry about except protecting their clan. in so far we as a more civilized culture have much more to co ncern ourselves with. We must not only worry about ourselves and our families nevertheless also our neighbors and communities. If a caveman was considered virtuous it was because he was a good protector and provider and could be relied upon by his clan, yet for a man to nowadays be considered virtuous it takes almost the same alone this goal is much harder to achieve.I do feel like Mill that to live virtuously is a goal that we should all strive to attain and like him I believe that these acts will not induce about happiness as an end but by acting in much(prenominal) a manner will contribute to your overall happiness exponentially. I also like the fact that that if something should bring about your happiness then it is ok to try and achieve it such as money. He does not say it is wrong to try and get as much money as you can and he says it is ok if it is a means to an end for bringing you happiness. Money will buy some(prenominal) of our desires and wishes and for many it is there main goal in animation and yet for others obtaining the money itself is there goal. That alone will bring them happiness as it is there cause force and having enough will satisfy them. This in many occasions will make the person noxious to others but not always. We should look at this then that to try and achieve a lot of money but not become noxious and still trying to live virtuously would be acceptable. That is not necessarily everyones goal who hopes to acquire... ... say I do not care if my child is sick and needs to go to the doctor I want a new pair of shoes and do not have enough money to do both? No it is unthought-of (At to the lowest degree for those with any morals or virtues). These are simple to deduct but what about when we face times of war? Who decides who is impartd then? Is it right of them to make such decisions? I say yes. If we have placed these people in a position of authority then they have that right because we have placed our self-reliance in t hem to act in a manner that will be for the good of our community. It then becomes our right to make this sacrifice. If we do not then someone else must take our place. Then we have not only acted wrongly but we have shirked our duty to our community and placed someone elses life at risk for our own cowardice or selfishness. Therefore the good of the community should be sacrificed for, and those in charge should be able to make those decisions ground on the trust we placed in them when they received those positions.I will sum this up by stating that living virtuously, morally and by willing to sacrifice for the greater good sum up most of Mills philosophy all of which I agree with wholeheartedly.