If you could change the world?

[NotKai]

but why? who cares? If this is the only life I am ever going to have, why not live it for yourself and not waste it on others? duty as a human being? why is it my duty? because you said so?

I know that you are playing devil's advocate, but actually, yeah. Don't live your life for anyone but yourself. Selfishness is the key to happiness.

[tropical_fishy]

I know that you are playing devil's advocate, but actually, yeah. Don't live your life for anyone but yourself. Selfishness is the key to happiness.

Are we talking Randian selfishness, or true selfishness?

[Lohman446]

Ethical hedonism anyone

[bornl33t]

well I guess this will be the argument our children's children will wage huh? Because I don't have the time or the support group you do to pull apart that post and it's links.








Something about this sounds fishy but I can't put my finger on it...

[kosmo]

Im guessing its fishy sounding fishy, thats her m.o.

[warbeak2099]

Ethical hedonism anyone

I think it's more of the lifestyle advocated in the Book of Job. Basically the idea of living your life to the fullest today instead of worrying about tomorrow. You know, eat, drink, and be merry. It still leaves room for being a good person. My favorite philosophy in any case.

[slade]

I think it's more of the lifestyle advocated in the Book of Job. Basically the idea of living your life to the fullest today instead of worrying about tomorrow. You know, eat, drink, and be merry. It still leaves room for being a good person. My favorite philosophy in any case.

how was the book of Job saying that you should live for the moment and not worry about the future?

[NotKai]

Are we talking Randian selfishness, or true selfishness?

Ayn Rand was a fox, but she was too considerate of others.

[SCpoloRicker]

Ayn Rand was a fox, but she was too considerate of others.

Liberal Arts student, burn him!!1

[tropical_fishy]

I think it's more of the lifestyle advocated in the Book of Job. Basically the idea of living your life to the fullest today instead of worrying about tomorrow. You know, eat, drink, and be merry. It still leaves room for being a good person. My favorite philosophy in any case.

My Bible-study may be rusty, but from what I remember, Job was the one that God put through absolute torture just because he could... isn't it a bet with Satan or something, to see if Job truly loved God?I could be wrong, it's been a while since I've read the Bible.

[slade]

My Bible-study may be rusty, but from what I remember, Job was the one that God put through absolute torture just because he could... isn't it a bet with Satan or something, to see if Job truly loved God?I could be wrong, it's been a while since I've read the Bible.

essentially Job was the best and most righteous man on earth, God bragged about him, satan asked if Job would still act the same if god took everything from him, so God took everything from Job.

satan is just an angel, not the christian devil.

the purpose of the book of Job is essentially to explain that bad things can happen to good people who do not err.