Summary Of David Foster Wallace's Perception Of Water

The general argument made by David Foster Wallace in his work “This is Water” is that we have a choice on what we get to think to make our lives less tedious. More specifically, he argues that everyone think or believes that they are the center of the universe. He writes, “Everything in my own immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the absolute center of the universe, the realest, most vivid and important person in existence.” In this passage, he argues that our “automatic setting” is to think that everyone is in our way and that we are the only ones with problems. In this passage, Wallace is suggesting that we can choose what and how to think when this happens.

In the Groundwork, the notion of the good does not rely on feeling or sensation; rather than it derives from the rational directly. Kant points out that every motive has an intended effect on the world. When desire drives us, we first examine the possibilities that the world leaves open to us, selecting some effect at which we wish to aim. But, if we act in accord with practical moral law, we encounter a significant difference since the only possible object of the practical law is the Good, since the Good is always an appropriate object for the practical law. Viewing the Good as rational consolidates

Suffering to Nietzsche is necessary for cultivating excellence, but not to be understood as a value in itself . In this sense, a universal morality is detrimental precisely because it stifles the potential of those who can cultivate excellence by their internalising the norms of such a morality. The „revaluation of values” is aimed at the practical impact and origin of the virtues and moralities which they found. Those who adopt such „moralities”, that devalue suffering and value happiness, nurture a ressentiment not only for their lives, but for those who rise above it, who have the power to will so. For example, envy is deemed to be bad, and consequently, a form of eliminating the fact that one has more than the other is manifested through a norm which demands that all are equal (e.g in the eyes of

Sartre recognises that this amazing responsibility makes individuals restless and at last leads them to deny both their freedom and responsibility. For instance, Anny is reluctant to act in light of the fact that she would not like to be responsible for breaking with her past. As Sartre clarified, responsibility "sentences us to be

Intuition happens automatic, instant, subconscious and hardly takes any effort, so that actions that follow are without reason or thought. Contrastingly, reflection does require active thought and means weighing the pros and cons of every possible outcome. As thoughts rely on personality and other external factors, it can be stated this is biased and susceptible for contamination. Thus, we have to assume actions without thought come from our deepest inner self and can be considered as basic human nature (Ward, 2012). We can therefore conclude that whatever action follows from intuition — selfishness or collaboration — will be intuitive and most likely most aligned with basic human

Unless there is a way to prove that common sense is the ‘correct’ view then this “criticism has no force” (ibid). The problem with this response is that if utilitarianism does not cohere with humans’ common sense, then even if it does provide the ‘correct’ answers, it seems like a theory which is far removed for humans’ natural moral instincts and a challenge to understand, so would then not be the best theory to use when handling moral

Second, in the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle applies this principle to discover the end of human beings, arguing that humans, as natural, aim at some specific highest good for humans, which he defines as happiness—virtuous, rational, satisfactory activity (1097a15–1098a15). The teleology of natural objects and a complex virtuous happiness as the end of human beings will figure prominently in later natural law formulations, particularly those of Aquinas. Third, in the Politics, Aristotle argues that living in a political organization is entirely natural for humans. In fact, nature implants in us a social instinct and we can tell by the fact that humans are not individually

In addition, a fatal flaw is essential to the construction of a tragic hero because it provides logicality to his downfall. If the hero were without flaws and was randomly punished, catharsis would not be able to take place because rather than stimulating pity and fear, it would stimulate only “revulsion”

In Book 3 of his book “The Consolation of Philosophy,” he states that money and riches are poisonous and explicitly declares attributes that come along with them, such as honor and wealth, as harmful and inadequate to true happiness. To him, a person that does not have, is better off than a person that does. His logic follows the concept of attachment. Those who do not have money, are not attached to it, and those who have money will be overwhelmed with

Human beings are unique Nobody looks exactly the same This uniqueness is what distinguishes one person from the other .This is what makes them worthy . Problem statement : Many People think they are not unique but flawed Reason :lack of believe in themselves and influence of the society

The Experience Machine, and additionally the reasons to not plug in, suggest that we need more from life than pleasure in order to be satisfied. Pain and pleasure for many are two sides of the same coin and you cannot define much less experience one without the other. An experience machine that has only the "inside" or only the "outside" view is not a human experience. However, this judgement seems to be more of the commonly biased assumption than something that can be proven. Do we have the same intuition in the reverse scenario?

Sartre: Not only am I free we as human beings “we are radically free---indeed, that “man is freedom.” We are constantly in the process of creating our self-identities, constantly transcending or “passing-beyond” ourselves, we just must remember God’s nonexistence---namely, that there is no authority to which we can appeal to justify our choices---Never able to blame others for what we have become, we are “condemned to be free”. Nietzsche: That is deep, my “superman” theory and your “existentialism” theory are similar... No God, God is dead.

“It’s sad that bad things happen for us to stop and look around,”-Megan Duke. Sometimes humans ignore the bad things in life hoping that it will all go away. Except not facing the problems will not make it all go away, it only makes life harder. One can be overcome with guilt for not taking action in a bad situation. Humans are selfish beings and often tend to care about one’s self more than others.

Ethical reflection is established upon questioning the meaning behind, or source of, various concepts of morality, as well as assessing their different functions. In Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals, ethical reflection can be seen in the form of questioning the origin of established values. This is particularly important in relation to my own concept of ethical reflection because it shows that Nietzsche is attempting to study deeper into the heart of what makes our values moral or immoral (innately good, or externally motivated). Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics does well at considering the intent behind our actions. In this text, Aristotle establishes that happiness is the ultimate end which we all seek.

Austin Smith, author of the Doctor Who series, accents on this idea quite well by saying, “People fear what they don’t understand and hate what they can’t conquer.” This explains the idea of being afraid of what people don’t understand very well. When something isn’t fully understood, we open up our minds to different aspects of life that wouldn’t necessarily be true. People come up with outrageous ideas that send others into a panicking flare. This fear prevents us from moving forward in life.