Reminds me of a quote from JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings:
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I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
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And on what basis do you then make that decision? On what philosophical outlook on life do you move forward each day, upon which the world spins, and your short life spins?
Is being absurdly rich even though you must walk over others the best goal in life?
Do you wait for some reward in a possible "other life" once this life is done?
Do you do good, just for the sake of doing good because that makes up your identity?
Is morality worth pursuing? Or is wealth far better given you soon will disappear forever from existence?
I don't think either of those are life goals worth pursuing. Morality is something you do along the way, a given, not a goal; wealth is not worth wasting your one wild and precious life on--you don't need to make it your life goal to have enough. Life goals will be more varied than that depending on a person's interests and talents and desires.
Reminds me of a quote from JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings:
.
I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
.
And on what basis do you then make that decision? On what philosophical outlook on life do you move forward each day, upon which the world spins, and your short life spins?
Is being absurdly rich even though you must walk over others the best goal in life?
Do you wait for some reward in a possible "other life" once this life is done?
Do you do good, just for the sake of doing good because that makes up your identity?
Is morality worth pursuing? Or is wealth far better given you soon will disappear forever from existence?
I don't think either of those are life goals worth pursuing. Morality is something you do along the way, a given, not a goal; wealth is not worth wasting your one wild and precious life on--you don't need to make it your life goal to have enough. Life goals will be more varied than that depending on a person's interests and talents and desires.