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ShalmaneserIII t1_j66ayuc wrote

Reply to comment by SvetlanaButosky in Cosmic nihilism, existential joy | Human consciousness, and our need for meaning in a meaningless world, is the source of both tragic pessimism and the intense joy we take in life. by IAI_Admin

Yes, but once someone's learned how to handle their suffering and can reliably obtain pleasures, what do they do then?

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BilliamTheGreat t1_j67bvb4 wrote

Ideally, try to spread pleasure and/or minimize suffering for others. At the risk of sipping hippy-ish; love.

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ShalmaneserIII t1_j67ri91 wrote

Okay, so why are others important to you, such that you'd want to do so?

Basically, why is this something you would choose to do, rather than do something else instead?

Or, what does the act of loving mean? Why does it matter?

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magnFLOR t1_j6j7q62 wrote

That's what I've been wondering for a while. Recommending altruism just feels like a cop out, a last ditch effort argument that holds moral high ground. I don't quite get it.

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SvetlanaButosky t1_j67q8u4 wrote

lol, there will always be something to fix, godhood is impossible.

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ShalmaneserIII t1_j67qzgi wrote

So you don't think you'd get bored spending more and more tome fixing smaller and smaller problems?

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