ABSTRACT
One of the key characteristics of a person is his capacity to be responsible towards others. In his regular search for happiness, the person's consciousness of responsibility may enter an internal conflict. Two types of relationships are represented by the Rights and Obligations Map. First, the family links, or vertical relationships, which are based on the lineage system. Second, the horizontal relationships which express the mutual aid that exists between age groups, community groups, social networks, and which can be used to complement the lineage authority. Both relationships generate rights and obligations based on political, economic, religious and other foundations. All types of relationship generate a series of rights, on one side, and associated obligations, on the other side, which express the person's level of responsibility towards the others. The ethics of joy and happiness define and explain the link which exists between personal actions and a potential "capability for happiness", intrinsic to human nature.
