Because both holy scriptures and modern prophets teach that happiness and joy are the object of our existence, many Latter-day Saints inadvertently adopt the worldview of hedonism, which assumes that (1) joy and happiness are defined by positive emotions and that (2) the pursuit of these positive emotions is our purpose in life. In contrast to hedonism, we argue happiness can be better understood as peace through communion or reconcilia...
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