"Two Conception of Happiness"
             In the article "Two Conception of Happiness", Richard Kraut intends to discuss Aristotelian notion of happiness by distinguishing the difference concerning feeling happy and leading a happy life. The act of an individual having certain feelings explores their internal identity and the only person that can really understand his true feelings is that person himself. The conceptions of feeling happy and leading a happy life can be easily mistaken because they both deal with an individual's state of happiness. Feeling happy represents an individual's recognition of reality as in fact being an illusion. While leading a happy life signifies the high standards a person entails in order to be happy.
             There are some differences in Aristotle's conception of happiness when compared with a subjective theory of happiness. It is granted that Aristotelian conception of happiness and the subjective theory of happiness say that everyone has certain standards to fulfill throughout their lives and as a result, these individuals attempt to reach those goals in order to live a happy life. However, in looking at it from a different perspective, the two theories disagree as to which value is to be used in assessing an one's life. Aristotle thinks that everyone in the world lives for a certain goal and that person has a choice if they want to follow these goals or not, which surely connects with an individual's happiness. Aristotle's conception is not
             Subjective, rather it is objective because he claims that people are not happy until they live life to the fullest.
             The subjectivists oppose to Aristotle's conception of happiness by stating that people do not have to live the best life in order to be happy even if an individual reaches his standards that he inflicts on his life. Aristotle argues that just because a person has met his values in life does not mean t...