We devalue the lives of others, especially if they have fallen on hard times (homeless, jobless). We devalue the importance of people that we have known for a long time (husband, wife, friends). We devalue things that we have had for a relativley long time. We devalue the ideas and customs of old (philosophy, art, science). Sooner or later we will have devalued most things in our lives, they will take a place of lesser import to us than the newer thing.
Why do we devalue things in life?
Please explain your reasonings.
Thanks.
2007-07-11 17:22:25 · 4 answers · asked by Arthur N 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
That is a great question indeed!!
I think we do so because of two interconnected reasons and a third independent one.
Firstly it is due to our need to satisfy ourselves.... obviously therefore we value and concentrate on what needs to be done or acquired right now to fulfill our current desires. In this equation, things acquired in the past have fulfilled past desires which are no longer waiting to be satiated.
The second connected reason is survival instinct..... a cardinal principle of survival is addressing issues at the right time.... in this equation, the present is always more important than past as well as future...... in other words, it is the 'urgent' that occupies us rather than the 'important'.
The third reason is our ever present thirst for change... any constancy appears like putting time on 'still' mode and we are very uncomfortable with that. We begin to feel as though life is not progressing. In established commercial organizations, (for example), things get settled over a period of time and become routine and boring.... in order just to keep employee morale high, the management conjures up changes every so often, even if those are neither necessary for the business nor meaningful or substantive.
2007-07-11 19:36:58 · answer #1 · answered by small 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well even if there wasn't an afterlife, maybe the pain in life wasn't worth it, and never ending sleep sounded like a heaven. Or Afterlife may scare others, because hell is always an option, especially if you commit suicide to get there. It's not your life to give... Ya know what I mean? Probably not. But I can understand why people would want to do more, but what would it matter... If there's another life then you can do the things there.
2016-05-20 02:38:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything loses value when we have no value of ourselves.
Someone who valued themself would also then value their relationships, and the people in those relationships, and everything else important to them with a steady amount. But someone who thinks down on themself thinks down on everything important and unimportant to them. If you're not important than why should your family be important? Why should anyone care? It's easy to go from thinking less of yourself to thinking less of the entire world.
2007-07-11 17:30:09 · answer #3 · answered by Le Petit Fleur 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It has become a GD throw-away world, that's why!
2007-07-11 17:29:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋