Explain the objection that happiness cannot be the rational

Explain the objection that happiness cannot be the rational purpose of life. Why would someone make this objection?

Solution

Foundation of morals or theory of utilitarianism is related to the positive impacts of actions of human that produce happiness. All actions that produce the happiness come under the utility.

Actions are right as long as these actions tend to promote the greatest happiness of greatest number of people. This principle can be applied everywhere. Question of what to choose does not arise since only right action is be selected. Hence utilitarian principles become ethics and people tend to internalize such principles and these act as moral bindings on them. Happiness is regarded as the basis of morality.

To sum up, Actions that cause happiness to greatest number of people is the final claim of utilitarian approach.