Critique My Philosophy of Life?

Please note that I have revised the "Negative hedonism" section of the document.

I have also added a new section entitled "Beyond peace of mind".

I look forward to any feedback you may have.

 

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"I believe death is usually harmful for the one who dies"

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I'm not sold on us not having free will. (Does this mean you're a determinist ?) But overall not a bad set of rules to live by if you can really live by them!

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Definitely taken from some of the best. Seemed stoic at times.

 

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Thanks for taking a look and commenting, Gage.

In fact, my position on the harmfulness of death is the position of which I am least confident. Consider Epicurus' timing puzzle: if death is harmful to the one who dies, when is the harm incurred? Clearly, the harm cannot be incurred before one's death. And after one's death, there is no one to be harmed. If one answers that death harms one concurrently with one's death, then the harm only lasts for an instant. I would tentatively concur with some philosophers who believe that the harm of death is incurred timelessly (consistent with my argument that death prevents a scenario that one would prefer, namely a scenario in which one lives a longer life), but I believe that the timing puzzle has force.

If you are not sold on free will impossibilism, then where is the flaw in the regress argument? The regress argument proves that we do not have free will in the way in which I define it. Also, the regress argument does not assume determinism.

Yes, I do strive to live my philosophy. And on the whole, I feel that I have been successful. As you point out, my philosophy borrows from Stoicism. But it also borrows from Epicureanism (a rival school to the Stoics), as well as Buddhism and Taoism. In terms of disposition, I would describe myself as Epicurean.

Thanks again for your comments. Please feel free to provide additional feedback.

 

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