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The concept of freedom is one of the major philosophical questions. However, if we look at our own personal (subjective) experience, it becomes obvious that ev
by drewcape 4y ago
The concept of freedom is one of the major philosophical questions.
However, if we look at our own personal (subjective) experience, it becomes obvious that everyone actually behaves like we do have some sort of freedom. No healthy individual thinks that they are just a dead rock in a river.
- HKH2 4y agoYou think that there should be a guide rail, or you should orient yourself towards something for meaning to work. My point is that we come into this world with more or less a trajectory (think of it as an orientation if you will). I think you have to be socially isolated or depressed to not see how your values lead you to meaningful action. Someone who is well integrated into their culture or subculture does not care to question if there is a meaning to life because they are already doing meaningful things.
- drewcape 4y agoI agree, we don't live in a vacuum of meanings. Quite the opposite, we are bombarded by all kinds of values and meanings, coming from our social environment. The problem is that some people realise that those meanings do not satisfy them, they do not work in some circumstances, that there is something more. So the people start raising difficult questions. They search for other kind of meanings and profound values, from the inside.