Hedonist with a conscience: seek pleasure, but don't be a 8==D or {()} about it.

I've always heard the statement:

Gusto ko lang naman maging masaya, (I just want to be happy) 

Lahat naman ng tao may karapatan maging masaya (everyone has the right to be happy)

While those are intrinsically true they are being used wrongly. When these pair of statements are used to justify a wrong doing because a person's moral compass is so skewed that they actually out argued their own common sense, and/or sense of decency to justify a misdeed.

Given enough rope (and time) any idiot can hang himself. 

So if you spend enough time "chewing the fat" and expend enough thought cycles, you will probably be able to get around all the moral barriers to arrive at the conclusion that you were justified in your wrongdoing. Guilt and shame which are normally also deterrents become easy prey to a person who is hell bent on satisfying him or herself. 

Seek pleasure, but don't be a 8==D or {()} about it.