Happy and Healthy Society
Happy and Healthy Society A society is companionship or association of individuals who work for common ends. (Merriam-Webster). There are many different types of economic schools, that all take different approaches on that definition of a society. Each major economical class has a different way of dealing with the affairs of the humans, and have unique ideas on how to treat people. These ideas and philosophies have an effect on people and are the major factors on the health and happiness of a society. These economical classes range from freedom to Totalitarianism and all have interesting point of view when it comes to the lives of people. When making a spectrum on the health and happiness of the society I came to the conclusion that the economical class that would best fit a happy and healthy society is the idea of freedom. In the United States unlike many countries around the world we are privileged to have freedom. People are most happy when they are the ones who are in charge of their own lives and they do not have to deal with a ruler who has complete control over them. I also feel that the economical classes of collectivism and equality should be higher on the spectrum because they stress the idea of equality. However, it is true that these ideas of equality don’t bring extreme happiness or extreme lows to any one individual; they do keep the lives of people equal, and the overall wellbeing of the community higher. So when thinking of the spectrum as how happy people are and how healthy the community is you must look at the well being of the community as a whole. One can see how this idea of looking at the wellbeing of the society as a whole can be closely relate with the economical classes of individualism and capitalism. Though capitalism and individualism may bring happiness to some individuals, so too can these economical classes bring tragedy to some. These economical classes bring out the idea of survival of the fittest. This philosophy means that