Is pleasure the side product of activity?

By Daniel Sherer <hollytreeds@hotmail.com>

I feel that pleasure is the side product of activity. In almost any case we do things or activities to recieve pleasure from an activity. Aristole feels the same way. He feels that pleasure is neither good or bad.
I feel this way because many people do activities to get pleasure from the activity. People who play sports, don't play sports for the heck of it, they must play the sport for some sort of pleasure they recieve while playing the sport. It does not have to be sports, it can be writing a book, eating a certain type of food, or as simple as washing your car.
Many people feel that when you are young that pleasure is the only good. When you are young and you get some sort of pleasure, you usually don't want to stop. You don't want to stop because you enjoy getting pleasure. Eventually a certain pleasure will run out from doing the same thing over and over again, so people will move on and find a different activity in order to recieve pleasure.
As you get older it is hard to find pleasure in activity because we have already done most of everything we want in order to get pleasure. I feel this is why older people go through a mid-life crisis, but when people go through this they often buy something they have never owned. Why do people do this? They do this in order to recieve pleasure.

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jennifer lester <lesterjennifer@hotmail.com>

very well written. i agree!! running is not exactly fun, but i feel pleasure after running. pleasure is a side product of running.

Michael Tucker <tuckerm@greenwood.net>

I liked your paper. I loved your comment on mid-life crisis. The one statement I would have to disagree with you on is "people who play sports, play the sport for pleasure." All kids and teens don't play sports for pleasure. Some kids and teens play sports because their mom and dad force them to play. These types of kids and young adults don't play sports for the pleasure.

Matthew Knight <mknight_dsb@hotmail.com>

I agree. Everyone does not always get pleasure from an activity, it is after the activity when one gets the pleasure.

Chun Yeung <jane1227@yahoo.com>

I agree with you that pleasure is a side product of an activity. It is a good paper.

Tom Lundis <Kman26@hotmail.com>

Well written paper. I agree that pleasure is a side-product of activities and not something obtaained when sought directly.

Nick Hart <hart125@hotmail.com>

I believe that happiness cannot be obtained directly.

Demetri Andrews <dandrews92@hotmail.com>

I agree. One cannot find happiness by looking for happiness.

Rachel Crowe <rcrowe@usa.net>

I agree that pleasure is a side-product of activity. You used great examples, especially the mid-life crisis issue.

Tim Andrews <tandrews@emeraldis.com>

I agree with your paper. In my experiences, pleasure has always been the result of activity.

Amy Young <bbfhyoung@yahoo.com>

Your paper makes some interesting points, however, some of the examples you gave made it seem as if pleasure were the goal and not the side product. Doesn't Aristotle believe that pleasure can not be a means to an end all by itself rather it is only a neutral side product from activity. I find it difficult to distinguish between the side product and the goal. How do we know when we are striving for a goal and not the side product. What if they are one in the same, just a thought. I liked the paper.

Gina Baker <daphine10@hotmail.com>

Good paper, I agree with what you are saying.

Nichole Sanders <snk79@hotmail.com>

If I hadn't studied this before, I would have said I don't agree, but now that I have learned about this I would have to say I agree.

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Formal Comments Completed

Michelle Komski <michellekomski@hotmail.com>

I agree that the pleasure usually comes after an activity. You could also receive pleasure during an activity. But all in all, pleasure is the side product of an activity.