ABSTRACT
Throughout history, people have pursued happiness, which we might call ‘moral bliss.’ Recently, as cultures and lifestyles have changed, two motivating forces have emerged: the advancement in material well-being, with increasing convenience and comfort, and the promotion of morality, with the rise of social programs and peaceful solutions to disputes. The two are essential to achieve moral bliss. To be more specific, the pursuit of morality is the basis of human development and sustainability. Because technology is more advanced than ever, people must take its moral aspect into consideration when pursuing happiness. A person who does not act morally cannot achieve moral bliss. If there is no moral standard, it is impossible to achieve the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people, as Jeremy Bentham, a nineteenth-century philosopher, said. If there is no moral order in society, it is impossible to achieve social peace. Most crimes and discontent are related to moral factors or to immoral behavior. Thus, morality is the fundamental value of people’s pursuit of moral bliss. The age of postmodernism encouraged self-destruction, nihilism, sarcasm, disorder, opposition, and desire (Cheng, 1999; Wang, 1998), which were—and are—harmful concepts. Postmodernism does not encourage a positive interpretation of human nature and cultural development. Instead, its effect has been negative, in which all modes of behavior are justified according to context.
