Sentence examples for upon happiness from inspiring English sources

Hence, a "universal principle of right" cannot be based upon happiness but only on something truly universal, such as freedom.

This claim must be understood in light of Kant's more general claim that moral law cannot be based upon happiness or any other given empirical good.

It first appears in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, taught to Harry Potter by Professor Lupin: The Patronus is a kind of positive force, a projection of the very things that the Dementor feeds upon – hope, happiness, the desire to survive – but it cannot feel despair, as real humans can, so the Dementors can't hurt it.

As in the First Critique, so in the Third as well, Kant argues that our motivation to follow the moral law depends upon the happiness that it promises to those who are worthy of it.

Support for business customers will be available during U.S. business hours (EST), and users who need a bit more hand-holding while customizing their sites will be able to call upon a "Happiness Engineer" who will, presumably, be there to engineer some happiness for them.

Like starving hyenas on a piece of fresh sirloin, we pounced upon Charlie Brown: Happiness is a Warm Blanket.

Reflect upon unselfish happiness.

The conclusion he reached was that the three most widely agreed-upon routes to happiness were meditation, cognitive behavioral therapy and psychotropic drugs.

(S/NF) On December 15, Latvian MFA Security Policy Director Kaspars Ozolins expressed his government's profound happiness upon receipt of reftel demarche.

Joshua Toz, a student who attended the campus protest, said in an e-mail message that "students burst into tears of happiness" upon hearing of their victory.

But for those for whom these are not solutions, let's not make it worse by insisting upon the compulsory happiness of the smiley face.