What Charles Darwin thinks about happiness

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British naturalist (1809 to 1882), born in Shrewsbury; sailed as naturalist on the five-year voyage of HMS Beagle from 1831; author of On the Origin of Species.

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1 dated position, c. 1871–1874, in their own words. Our reading of what Charles Darwin has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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   Our readingThe greatest-happiness principle serves indirectly as a nearly safe standard of right and wrong

   Their wordsAs all men desire their own happiness, praise or blame is bestowed on actions and motives, according as they lead to this end; and as happiness is an essential part of the general good, the greatest-happiness principle indirectly serves as a nearly safe standard of right and wrong.

   ↗The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (second edition, 1874)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book