what is ultimate goal of every person
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We must assume that every human, with the exception of those who are deeply ill or uncommunicative, is in some way, consciously or unconsciously, goal directed to some degree. Goals tend to be immediate: the satisfaction of hunger, the avoidance or relief of physical suffering, the accomplishment of an immediate work task, or the achievement of some other narrowly defined objective. But do all humans have an ultimate goal, something toward which their entire life is being directed? Moreover, what is the ultimate goal of the human species itself, or is the very notion of such a goal an illusion? The answers to these questions, as you might suspect, are complex.
It may be said that for most humans, the ultimate goal is the achievement of well-being and security for themselves and their loved ones, their loved ones being defined as chiefly the members of their kinship group. For many humans, the well-being of their families is of such high value that they are willing to sacrifice their own personal well-being for that of their spouses or children, human altruism at its deepest level.
Similar altruism is often demonstrated by humans in very strongly united in-groups of other kinds, combat units for example, where one member will reflexively sacrifice himself for the good of the unit. So it may be said that for the majority of humans, the success and well-being of the people with whom they are most closely associated and with whom they most deeply identify is their chief goal, and indeed their true ultimate goal.
For many humans, their own personal success and well-being supersede the needs of any other individual or group. They are in the game solely for themselves, and everyone else is expendable. We tend to label such people as sociopaths, but their existence is common, and therefore must be counted as an adaptational success. There are also individuals who count themselves the most important people in the world but still maintain loyalty to others to various degrees. This loyalty, however, doesn’t tend to extend to self-sacrifice. It would be preferable to such people if they didn’t have to sacrifice the well-being of family or friends, but if they deem such an action necessary, they’ll do it.
Of course, many people are capable of changing one way or the other, either becoming more altruistic or less so, depending on changes in their external circumstances, emotional trauma, or changes in the anatomy and physiology of their brains. The human experience therefore is not only in constant flux due to the birth and death of new members of the species, but it is also changed by shifting patterns of human loyalty, altruism, selflessness, and selfishness.