Many people although not realizing it, practice this philosophical idea. Hedonism is a theory in which people only do certain things to recieve pleasure. If really though about from a morale point of view, this way of thinking is thought of as shallow and ignorant, but don't we all think like that?
Men take women on dates and shower them with kindness to ultimately get into their pants. Kids at school are nice to the nerd to have them give them answers and/or do their homework becasue we see it as boring and there's no pleasure in it. Maybe one day everyone willa ctually come to the realization that the unvierse really doesn't revolve around them. If people actually abandoned hedonism as their primary behavior and actaully attempted to help others and be a genuine friend, life would be a little more dull, yes, but in the same token more enjoyable in the future. However, they very people who are deemed hedonists, yes adults included, don't look at the future but look to gain in the present and will virtually step on any toes to get what they want. It is uncanny to have this attitude, regardless, we practice it daily. Why? Becasue we were made to sin and object to things that do not accomodate what we think is right. Philosophers can make us as many excuses as they want for this behavior, and that's what they are excuses, but we know the difference between right and wrong and hedonism is indeed wrong. However, many won't even read this blog consiedering they won't even know what is meant by hedonism further showing arrogance as a people, yet who am i to judge?
Please stop spamming the recent blog-post list with this mindless unproofread drivel. Write a few quality entries rather than a ton of low quality/mediocre ones.
When you say "philosophers", which ones are you referring to? You are aware that many see nothing wrong with hedonism, correct?
And you take a very negative view of humanity: some of us are nice to the nerd because we possess something that you appear to lack: basic human kindness. I've read your entries here, and you need to get a lot less self-absorbed, and you need to do it fast.
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...I don't think like that.
I'm nice to people because... well... why not be nice? It's far more pleasant for everyone around. I spend a huge amount of my time doing peer counseling. Why? Because I like making people happy. I like helping people. I suppose in the end it IS in a way for me - when I help someone, I feel happy that I helped them. But to describe my lifestyle as hedonist because I ultimately do what makes me happy as well is really a huge stretch.
I don't know, maybe I'm being naive or optimistic (though I doubt it, I only began thinking that maybe people are good in the last year or so). But I think generally people are nice or do nice things because they want the other person to be happy. It's far more productive to be nice to someone than cruel.
And many guys don't shower girls with gifts to get in their pants (and vice versa, I know plenty of girls who want to get in guys pants and although they won't give them material gifts, they'll attempt to seduce them, be nice to them, etc). Some are actually genuinely interested in a relationship and might not even WANT sex. Some might even just (gasp!) want to be FRIENDS with the girl. I shower my friends with as much gifts and free stuff and attention as I can afford, and although some of my friends are quite attractive, I'm not being nice to them in order to get in their pants.
Everyone's hedonistic right from the beginning. If not, we wouldn't survive. And there's nothing wrong with doing things solely for pleasure. It's when you do everything solely for your own pleasure that it becomes a problem. If are instincts didn't kick in and we didn't learn to suckle to derive the pleasure of eating and having a full stomach, we would die right out of the womb. And do you really think it's wrong to read, or write, or sing, or dance. or most activities that someone does to take up there time is wrong? Most personal activities are hedonistic. We wouldn't do them otherwise. I guess I don't see the logical and agree with the first person that commented on your blog.
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"Something terrible happened at school today! My lunchlady doesn't have any eyebrows. She draws them on with a magic marker." -Jamie (5 yrs old)
i agree to a certain agree. a lot of people are selfish but to the point of what your saying?
maybe not