We often hold an improper insight on pleasure and which are deemed more pleasurable than others. Pleasure can come in many different forms than just belongings and wealth. For society teaches us what is more pleasing and distorts our judgment of what pleasure truly is. Our pleasures and the pain that they bring must be calculated in order to gain the most satisfaction with the least amount of pain. Morals are what must be used in order to be able to make good judgments of what pleasure is. In the end what must be realized is the pleasures we need, the ones we do not, and the best ones to be chosen are the natural and intellectual ones.
Materials are not only the only way one may go about pleasing themselves as the pleasure of another person may bring happiness which leads to pleasure. It is thought that in order to be happy one must have things that please them, which is a great mistake in the search for happiness. One could make a sacrifice in order to please another person, or persons, which ultimately pleases oneself. For example, a mother and father who are willing to give up their time, a portion of food & income for their child would be pleasing themselves by pleasing their child. It is sometimes sacrifices" that one can make in order to fulfill their sense of pleasure. From the time that we are born we associate good as something pleasing. Infants learn that eating, sleeping, being changed, love, and any other physical needs are all good and pleasing. How parent of a child receives his or her pleasure from the caring and nurturing of the child represents that even our choices are based on pleasure. Also Epicurus taught that intellectual pleasures are preferred to sensual ones, which tend to disturb peace of mind (Epicurus Exerts, p.14). As seen pleasure can not only be derived solely from belongings but also from experiences and feelings. .
When we evaluate a situation we tend to think about what would be best or the most pleasing to us.