Should we be happy?
If you are literally right next to a child who is starving to death, and you do nothing, are you morally justified to enjoy life? Could you enjoy a TV show, play basketball, shop (or whatever you do that provides joy)? What is that child is in the next room? What if that starving child is in your community, but a mile away? What if that child is across the world? At what point is it ok to do nothing and think you are entitled to enjoy your life? Why does physical distance proportionally relate to what our moral obligations should be? At what point does the suffering of others overwhelm your own ability to be happy. If you are happy or unhappy, it won't help that child, so why not enjoy life (or is that wrong). What if you do a little to help (which is more than most people), is that enough? Do we need to completely dedicate oneself to helping those who are suffering in order to earn the right to be justifiably happy? How often should we talk about these things? Should it be part o