With so many diverse philosophies out there, how can we be sure which one is the right one?

Answer 1

Easy, whatever I choose. :-P

Answer 2

The right philosophy is always the one which best furthers the interests of the philosopher. This is why, for example, married people will tell you that adultery is wrong, whereas I say it's a good thing. See, I'm single and unattached, so I can't be guilty of adultery or betrayal. Therefore, I do nothing wrong by sleeping with married women.

Ask how many married or otherwise attached people agree with me though :oP

In the same way, the philosophy that the strong should look after the weak is popular with the weak, and the philosophy that that the rich should provide for the poor appeals to the poor. Only customers believe that the customer is always right. And only those who have peculiar hangups say that sex without love isn't as good as sex with love.

Funny old world, isn't it?

Answer 3

Philosophy is about ideas and theories, seeking your own truth. The more you read, the more thoughtful and less prejudiced you will become. You have received some very good replies to your question. My advice, don't be over concerned with 'the right one' keep an open mind.

Answer 4

Philosophy is not a branch of science, so you should not expect to find a right one. Sure, each of the philosophical assertions claims to be the right one, but a new guest in philosophy should find his own right. I guess, we should see different philosophies as guides which help us in finding the truth.

Answer 5

Of course you can't, since there is not such a thing as "the right philosophy". Read about Hegel Dialectics, and you will know why - there is always a confronting idea for everything, which can be just as correct as the main idea.

Answer 6

After scrutinizing Kant, Sartre, Schopenhauer, Nietszche and Hegel among others, I find myself returning to the basics, where simplicity and complexity did not collide with so many paradoxes. Social treatises like those of Mill, Marx, and Locke have proven outdated applied to other times aswell.
Return to the basics, the Socratic and Aristotelian schools, after all, the world hasn't changed that much, only the means to harness its resources to amenize our "modern" living.

Answer 7

The right one is the one that satisfies and fulfills your beliefs...we are all individuals, hopefully each with our own personal ideals, creeds, philosophies...as far as I'm concerned, if it doesn't do serious harm to anyone else (what one does to themselves should be their business), one should be free to believe whatever they want...there is no right or wrong here...no black and white answer to be given...there are infinite shades of gray...may we all find the answers we seek...

Answer 8

I believe a better question is how can we be sure which one is the one that works, given what we strive to attain.

If your goal can be focused into a single statement, such as "Do to others as you wish others to do to you," then all philosphical thought would center around this. If, instead, the single statement were "If it harm none, do what you will," then the philosophical thought would revolve around this idea.

Answer 9

When you find the right one, you will not question it or have any doubt. I have doubted many paths in the past until I became a Christian. Now ALL things work together for my good.

Answer 10

Philo-sophy means Love for knowledge. In its true sense your own Understanding itself is philosophy.

Answer 11

the one which satisfies u and u r able to understand the best is the best one