Montreal Philosophy
Montreal-based blog on philosophy, ethics, politics, art etc.
Recent Articles
- A letter on Haaretz, and the perspective we must take on Israel.
- Neoliberalism: The Misunderstood Ideology (assuming it exists).
- The problems of immortality and the value of death.
- Liberalism and Primitivism: Choice, or the natural and primitive life?
- Eye on the News: Surveys and Lingusitic Barriers
- Drugs: paternalistic government or absolute self-ownership?
- An Analysis of William Wordsworth’s “Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections Of Early Childhood”
- The Value of Wealth Inequalities
- Two challenges in creating a generation of philosophers
- The God Concept: is it rational to believe in God?
- Is our epoch that of a trivial culture, or the richest in our history?
- Children and marriage, family names and tradition
- Working-class families and US Universities
- Organizing Large Media Libraries with Mediamonkey
- Bowling For Columbine is shit, #2
It seems quite clear to me that humans are not designed for “happiness”. There are many aspects of how our mind functions that seem to suggest that the priority in our “design” was focused on something other than happiness, certainly other than happiness per day lived.
Sometimes there’s a clear, long-term use for our suffering. When you put your hand on something hot, it’s good for you to feel pain. But sometimes, we’re just left to wonder: why do we suffer? We have mental illnesses, as well as less severe, but equally real, psychological problems that affect just about everyone.
Perhaps it is as silly to wonder why we suffer as to wonder why there’s disease, as to why we need to eat, sleep and love. It’s just how life is. Suffering seems to be an inherent part of life. It does not always need to make sense.
PS: Even though there’s something perhaps sombre in the content of this post, I’m in a rather excellent mood!
-Dussault
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