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Purpose Of Life
I know Mr. Ghamidi says that purpose of life is to make it as beautiful as possible while preserving ones own moral self.
A few questions,
1. Life is designed to reward logic, action, cold-blooded calculation over beauty. So if someone tries to follow above, or some civilization tries, they will be trounced because they will be weak. If being strong, is the goal in life, then where does the aesthetic sense factor in. What is its role?
2. Also, what is taqwa, if beauty is the goal? Isn’t taqwa 180 degrees opposite of beauty, it is self-control (rational decision making), whereas beauty in our case means emotional decision making.
3. Where do we factor in morality. Because from what I understand, morality isn’t something within itself. It is dependent on how you define your goal and outlook at life. After you define that, you decide that what is moral and what is not.
4. What is the ultimate goal? The intended ideal end result. More importantly, why is that end goal defined like this?
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Purpose Of Life
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To add on,
Lets say someone wants to life an aesthetic life and the other person wants to live a disciplined life. The disciplined one would have more talented children, better impact on society, better lifestyle etc. But would have a horrendous and difficult life. What aesthetic is necessary. Being a drug addict is the pique of pleasure. Is it aesthetic. I mean the devil is in the details. how would you define aesthetic?
If we agree that everything aesthetic has to be abhorred in favor of everything controllable and predictable, then it demands a whole new moral framework. Because the second part morality is contingent on the answer of the first part, what you do with your 24 hours.
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