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It Cannot It Can
Debate Score:31
Arguments:18
Total Votes:35
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Money can buy happiness

It Cannot

Side Score: 16
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It Can

Side Score: 15
3 points

Money alone cannot buy happiness. If that was the case, then people who are rich and wealth would not commit suicide or face issues of depression. It is not money alone that brings happiness, it is a combination of several factors in a person's life that brings happiness. Usually, with more money comes more responsibilities and safequards to ensure one does not go into bankruptcy which can be a pain in itself and worst of all, in some countries, when you are rich, you have to be on constant alert and live in fear to make sure that no one is trying to steal from you, or kill you, or rob you. Money produces more greed than it does with happiness. One such wonderful poem is "Richard Cory" in which everybody wanted to be like the rich man until he committed suicide and they learnt that money wasnt everything because what they had in their lives (family and love), he did not.

Side: It cannot
2 points

It depends what makes one happy. If cars, houses and clothes make one happy, then money can buy one happiness. But if ice creams, beaches and friendship make one happy, then money cannot buy one's happiness. Personally, I am an ice cream-beach girl so money cannot give me much.

Side: It cannot
TheHallow1(78) Disputed
2 points

"But if ice creams"

News Flash: Ice Cream costs money. XD

Side: It can
Billie(790) Disputed
3 points

Ahh darn it, you're right! Well, take out ice cream, I can live without that. Just put in the beach and friends and thats me happy!! Hehe...

Side: It cannot
2 points

money does not buy happiness. it buys you things to make you happy for a split second then your over it and not happy. happiness is not bought its earned through love, thats the only way true happiness ever comes :)

Side: It cannot
1 point

Nope.

If you are poor, money can buy you things that will satisfy you at a given moment and that will help you feel better. But happyness is gained by achieving dreams and aspirations, feeling whole, feeling loved, etc.

But life is a constant fight against problems that money can't buy the solution for. Solving those problems is half way to happyness, but one problem never comes alone.

Most rich people I know about have serious problems of unhappyness.

Side: It cannot
1 point

1. It seems that the more money a person has the more unhappy they are. If they will be honest with themselves. Take celebrities for instance, they have everything the "heart" can wish for, but many of them have torn-families, scandalous lifestyles and are blatantly unhappy. If money could buy happiness, then none of the above would exist among celebrities. I agree that money does offer a means to make people happy, but true happiness runs deeper than the possessions. When you can see poor people huddled together to keep warm and sharing what little they have to survive, that's love, which brings about happiness. Their situation doesn't make them happy and money would make it better, but the root of their happiness stems from love. On the flip side, if you have a wealthy family who can't get along, where is their happiness? The money's there but where's the love? The same place their happiness is ... out the door ... while their money sits in the bank.

Side: It Cannot
2 points

There is no single factor that can bring happiness to everybody in the world, be it money, or love, or religious experience, or academic achievement, or whatever. And most people require a combination of things to make/keep them happy - say, enough money to live on and a thriving career and a happy family and a healthy body.

So while some people will be happier than they are now if they had more money, money alone will probably not make them as happy as they can possibly be. And other people need something other than money.

Side: It can
2 points

Money CAN buy happiness.

Doesn't mean it always DOES.

Side: It can
1 point

Can money but happiness? Sure it can. You just gotta know where to shop ;)

Side: It can
1 point

What makes you happy may not make me happy; and what makes me happy may not make you happy. The point is - happiness is relative. Happiness can be of any form. I choose the stand "money can buy happiness" because in my case, a simple ice cream can make me happy. The mere fact that there is an existing case where money can buy happiness means the statement "money can buy happiness" is true.

Side: It can
1 point

It can be what brings some people happiness, although it may not bring everybody happiness. The thing is not everybody likes the same things, some people like to buy stuff that they can use for their own amusement and others don't. Almost everything can make somebody happy, one might say stealing and killing doesn't bring about happiness but there are people out there who take pleasure from breaking the rules and doing those things. Just because money can't buy one person happiness doesn't mean it won't work for some person, somewhere

Side: It can

Sometimes it does but happiness but also you will want to spend it on someone or with someone, if I was rich I would do both after I donate most of it to poor countries.

Side: Sometimes
1 point

Depends on the person I suppose.... a lot of money would go a long way towards making me happy, that's for sure.

Side: It can
1 point

1. Our point is experience. If you got some experience to learn something, you will be happy and satisfy. First, if you do not have any money, you will never get experience. The experiences include travelling, learning, or even going to school. All of these activities need money. If you do not have any money, you just stay at home and sitting on the ground. Nothing to do, nothing to learn. This kind of live feel very impressed. Will you be happy with such life? The brain doesn't adapt as successfully to experiences. While things may wear out their welcome, experiences can provide increasing benefits over time. A memorable trip takes on even more luster with the passage of time. Even an unpleasant adventure may produce stories that grow in value as the years pass. The experiences produce happiness to you because you are keep learning and enjoying. According to www.debate.org, a famous world debating organization.

2. Our point is respecting. In nowadays, if you do not have any money and be a beggar, just lie on the ground and beg for money. However, nobody will like to respect you, unless you buy a big house, become rich. The people who are poor are often disrespected in the society. They need to ask others for money, which indeed does not make a person happy. When you have money, you do not need to go and beg for money, you can still live in the society with respect, in your own house which gives you a lot of satisfaction. If nobody respects you, will you be happy? If you have money, you will have status, and you will be respected. In this society, if you get money, it means you have already got the status and respect. According to www.jezebel.com, Cameron Anderson, a psychological scientist at UC-Berkeley's Haas School of Business did several separate studies to explore the hypothesis that higher socio-metric status conferred greater happiness. His study looked at 80 college students who were active in 12 different campus groups like ROTC and sororities. They calculated what brings them happiness. Most of them like status the most and this will bring them happiness. They also looked at their income and their social well-being. He found that these will make them feel happier.

Side: It Can
1 point

1. Our point is experience. If you got some experience to learn something, you will be happy and satisfy. First, if you do not have any money, you will never get experience. The experiences include travelling, learning, or even going to school. All of these activities need money. If you do not have any money, you just stay at home and sitting on the ground. Nothing to do, nothing to learn. This kind of live feel very impressed. Will you be happy with such life? The brain doesn't adapt as successfully to experiences. While things may wear out their welcome, experiences can provide increasing benefits over time. A memorable trip takes on even more luster with the passage of time. Even an unpleasant adventure may produce stories that grow in value as the years pass. The experiences produce happiness to you because you are keep learning and enjoying. According to www.debate.org, a famous world debating organization.

2. Our point is respecting. In nowadays, if you do not have any money and be a beggar, just lie on the ground and beg for money. However, nobody will like to respect you, unless you buy a big house, become rich. The people who are poor are often disrespected in the society. They need to ask others for money, which indeed does not make a person happy. When you have money, you do not need to go and beg for money, you can still live in the society with respect, in your own house which gives you a lot of satisfaction. If nobody respects you, will you be happy? If you have money, you will have status, and you will be respected. In this society, if you get money, it means you have already got the status and respect. According to www.jezebel.com, Cameron Anderson, a psychological scientist at UC-Berkeley's Haas School of Business did several separate studies to explore the hypothesis that higher socio-metric status conferred greater happiness. His study looked at 80 college students who were active in 12 different campus groups like ROTC and sororities. They calculated what brings them happiness. Most of them like status the most and this will bring them happiness. They also looked at their income and their social well-being. He found that these will make them feel happier.

Side: It Can

With money, you can go shopping everyday and all your woes will go away.

Side: It Can