tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133078502277941061.post2666303962926958618..comments2023-07-18T08:00:22.009-05:00Comments on Steinblog: Is Happiness Hard to Calculate?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133078502277941061.post-62419995369460130252016-07-17T15:15:44.007-05:002016-07-17T15:15:44.007-05:00Continue the discussion of buying gifts. From Util...Continue the discussion of buying gifts. From Utilitarianism perspective, the intentions of buying gift to make your wife happy are a good thing, and you reasonably expect that she will be very happy and very thankful because you know her preference. <br /><br />One objection is that you still don’t know what is her reaction if you take her to the trip to Vegas. You knew her would not be happy to Vegas, but why she not very happy? Is she worried about money? Is she worried about strip club? Is she worried about gambling? Are there any bad memories if she had been there before? There must be something makes her reject the trip. You just need to find out why. If she doesn’t like gambling, you just need not go near slot machine. If she had some bad memories, you just need take her and make more good memories. Because, besides gambling and clubbing, there are also very beautiful views, such as Seven magic mountain, Antelope canyon, and Hoover Dam. What I am saying is that you never know how the ending be like if you don’t take her to Vegas, and the consequence might be much better than a gift.<br /><br />Also, a concrete gift present is what she can predict, but a trip to Vegas is what she can never guess and may produce more happiness.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491201781687613765noreply@blogger.com