Author Topic: Your approach to life  (Read 6174 times)

btw hedonism is generally considered selfish.  it's not a humanitarian view of the world.  Hedonism essentially means, "How can I make myself happy?"

It's the exact opposite if you're a hedonistic utilitarian.

In fact, I don't even think you're correct about hedonism. Sure, some people can take it too far to only worry about their happiness while causing detriment to others, but I don't think that's the case most of the time.
« Last Edit: October 14, 2012, 05:36:11 PM by Sunny »

It's the exact opposite if you're a hedonistic utilitarian.

In fact, I don't even think you're correct about hedonism. Sure, some people can take it too far to only worry about their happiness while causing detriment to others, but I don't think that's the case most of the time.
you have no idea what you're talking about obviously

you have no idea what you're talking about obviously

Can you post a source please? I tried looking up the criticism of hedonism but they used advanced vocabulary without explaining it. That section seriously needs to be rewritten in layman's terms.

Can you post a source please? I tried looking up the criticism of hedonism but they used advanced vocabulary without explaining it. That section seriously needs to be rewritten in layman's terms.
wtf is more advanced then how you are typing right now i mean holy crap i dont even understand half the stuff you say

wtf is more advanced then how you are typing right now i mean holy crap i dont even understand half the stuff you say

That's only because you just don't understand certain words, and are too lazy to look them up.

Either way, Aristotle is about how to help yourself live the happiest life.  True, it's all about yourself, this being selfish, however... the goal is to make yourself happy by doing the right things in the most logical way possible.  This almost always includes helping others, as it isn't beneficial to yourself to let others suffer.

I wish I could stick with following his thoughts online, but I can't help but be rude here.  That's WHY I use the forums.  It's entertaining and I can totally spaz out without anyone being too offended.  (Most of you are way worse than I am.  Admit it.)

One last thing - Explaining Socrates it a bit difficult, so as a summary, he would simple argue with everyone by asking questions until he reached an ultimate understanding.  Socrates did NOT believe in any religion other than the Philosophical Forms (or, the true forms of everything.)  This is because there isn't a person alive, or to have lived, who can describe religion in any form in a way to make it possible.  It needs to make sense.

Just in case you ask, the forms are like... perfection.  We are all humans, and based off of the "Form" of "Human"... but we are not the form itself.  It is perfect, we are deformed, mutated versions of the perfect form.  It's not supposed to have any basis, it's just a way of thinking.  It isn't a religion.

dont give a damn and crush emotion works eretime

I wish I could stick with following his thoughts online, but I can't help but be rude here.  That's WHY I use the forums.  It's entertaining and I can totally spaz out without anyone being too offended.  (Most of you are way worse than I am.  Admit it.)

You should definitely read this article: http://i.imgur.com/Mlyrg.gif http://users.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/disinhibit.html lol link fail xD

The takeaway that applies here is that being online doesn't reveal your true self. Acting without inhibition is just ignoring why you have those inhibitions in the first place.
« Last Edit: October 14, 2012, 09:27:49 PM by Sunny »

My values and morals are complex at best. Situational at least. Judgemental, self centrized when necessary. I only aim to better myself - I understand what all of this is and how fruitless it is. Somehow that doesn't depress me, it only motivates me to push a little harder.
« Last Edit: October 15, 2012, 12:53:34 AM by blaman »

If friendship takes effort then I leave

If friendship takes effort then I leave

But what if someone is going through a rough time? This is when people need friends and possibly why we make them.

But what if someone is going through a rough time? This is when people need friends and possibly why we make them.
I help them through it until I am of no use anymore and then I leave before I can become a burden to them

social skills are not,
uh,
my forte.

:c

social skills are not,
uh,
my forte.

:c
same
i pretty much either end up annoying the person im trying to talk to or getting annoyed at them

I help them through it until I am of no use anymore and then I leave before I can become a burden to them

Do you have close friends?

I help them through it until I am of no use anymore and then I leave before I can become a burden to them

You're missing the point of friendship. You're being used. A friend wouldn't consider you a burden. Friends can enjoy eachother even if they are no use to eachother.