The happiness pump is a way of showing problems in utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is a moral philosophy. It is a way of deciding which actions are good and which are bad. In utilitarianism, actions that make more happiness or stop pain are good. Actions that stop happiness or make pain are bad. In utilitarianism, it does not matter who is becoming happier or feeling less pain. That means that, in utilitarianism, helping strangers is good. The happiness pump is a person who has taken utilitarianism too far and will give themselves lots of pain so long as they believe it makes other people somewhere in the world much happier.
The happiness pump is only an idea. Philosopher Joshua David Greene says it is almost impossible to be a happiness pump for real. People who even tried would give up.
A happiness pump character is on one episode of the television show "The Good Place".
Inés Arrimadas
Inés Arrimadas García (; born 3 July 1981) is a Spanish lawyer and politician. She has been a member of the Congress of Deputies since 2019 and Spokesperson of Citizens party in the Congress. In 2020, she was elected party leader.
April 2019 Spanish general election
The April 2019 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 28 April 2019, to elect the 13th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 266 seats in the Senate.
With a turnout of 71.8%, the controlling party PSOE of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez won a victory—the first for the party in a nationwide election in eleven years—with 28.7% of the vote and 123 seats. In the Senate, the PSOE became the largest party in the chamber for the first time since 1995, winning its first majority of seats in that chamber since the 1989 election.
However, no party won an outright majority and the top three winners of this race had the option for a coalition government. To prevent this, Prime Minister Sánchez ordered a new election to be held seven months later.
November 2019 Spanish general election
The November 2019 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 10 November 2019, to elect the 14th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 265 seats in the Senate.
Voter turnout was the lowest since 1975. The opposition party People's Party (PP) won a few seats while the far-right Vox party won many seats, taking away from the Citizens (Cs).
However, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party won the majority of the seats and popular vote and formed a coalition government with the Unidas Podemos party.
Oriol Junqueras
Oriol Junqueras i Vies (; born 11 April 1969) is a Spanish politician, historian and academic.
He was mayor of Sant Vicenç dels Horts. He was Vice President of Catalonia from January 2016 to October 2017. He is president of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC).
President of the Government of Catalonia
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The current acting president is Pere Aragonès following Quim Torra's disqualification as president in 28 September 2020.
Josep Tarradellas
Josep Tarradellas i Joan (), 1st Marquess of Tarradellas (1899 in Cervelló, Baix Llobregat – 1988 in Barcelona) was a Spanish politician. He was President of Catalonia from 1954 to 1980.
José Montilla
José Montilla Aguilera (born 15 January 1955 in Iznájar, Córdoba, Spain) is a Spanish politician who is currently a member of the Spanish Senate. He was the 128th President of Generalitat de Catalunya.
Artur Mas
Artur Mas i Gavarró (; born 31 January 1956) is a Spanish politician. He was president of the Government of Catalonia from 2010 to 2015 and acting president from September 2015 to 12 January 2016.
Hugo Clément
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Southeast Region, Brazil
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Tom and Jerry: The Movie
Tom and Jerry: The Movie is an 1993 German-American animated comedy-adventure musical family film directed by Phil Roman produced by
Film Roman and Turner Entertainment, distributed by Miramax Films. released in Germany by October 1, 1992 and United States in July 30, 1993.
Additional voices include Raymond McLeod as Bulldog, Alley Cat 1, Scott Wohjahn as Alley Cat 3, Mitchell D. Moore as Alley Cat 2, Greg Burson, BJ Ward, Tino Insana.
Beyond the Forest
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Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (born 13 March 1973) is an Icelandic actor, producer and screenwriter. He is known for roles in movies such as "Children" (2006), "The Deep" (2012), "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (2013) and "The Vanishing" (2018). His television work includes shows such as "Trapped" and "Lady Dynamite".
Ólafur was born in Connecticut, United States, the son of Icelandic parents. He holds dual citizenship of Iceland and the United States. He has two children with dancer Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir.
John André
Major John André (b. 1750 - d. 1780) was a British officer in the American War for Independence. He helped Benedict Arnold change sides to the British army and tried to take West Point. He was executed for being a spy.
André was born in 1750 in London.
His parents were Huguenots. The Huguenots were Protestants who had lived in France. When the French government said it was illegal to be Protestants, many Huguenots went to other countries. André's mother went to England when she was young. His mother had been born in France and his father had been born in Geneva. André's father was a merchant. André's parents had one other son and three daughters.
André went to school in Geneva and then came back to England in 1767. He had a good education. He could draw, paint, play the flute, write poems, and speak English, French, German, and Italian.
André wanted to join the army, but at that time, people did not become officers unless they could buy the position. When André's father died in 1769, André had to make money to take care of his family. He became a merchant in his father's business.
André fell in love with an English woman named Honora Sneyd. But Sneyd's guardians would not let them marry unless André became rich. André worked hard to be a good merchant. But then Honora Sneyd changed her mind. Then André joined the army. According to Sneyd's foster sister, Anna Seward, André joined the army out of a broken heart.
André joined the army on March 4, 1771. He did special training in Germany for two years. In 1774, he went to Canada with the Royal English Fusileers. He was a lieutenant at the time. André helped defend St. John's from the American army. The siege lasted two months, and the British lost.
André was captured at St. John's. Because he was an officer and not an enlisted man, he was held prisoner in inns instead of barracks and ate dinner with rich people. André was kept prisoner in the house of the Cope family in Lancaster County. Many people in Lancaster County spoke German, and so could André, so he made friends. André also taught art to the Copes' son.