1) To make sense of and rationalize existence in turn will give you a certain stability and security. Agreed?
2) To be able to maintain this stability and security, your mind must flat-out reject certain values/notions that could challenge or dissolve your serene state of mind. Perhaps you agree?
To be sane in the long term, you need prejudice?
2007-10-20 13:55:46 · 6 answers · asked by craukymuvilla 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It would seem that making those decisions is integral to life. Just make a decision! YEAH! :P
2007-10-20 14:18:50 · update #1
I disagree.
To make sense of and rationalize existence will give you a certain degree of objectivity but not necessarily stability and security because the reality is that only change is stable. Rationalizing and making sense of things will give you objectivity that would help you see change with an open mind and less trauma.
In order to maintain a sense of objectivity, open up your mind to other possibilities that would challenge your values / notions. It would only be in that way that you would know how strong or how steadfast you are with your beliefs.
2007-10-20 15:09:10 · answer #1 · answered by Irene d 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
'Stability' and 'security' are both highly over-rated. In fact, over a long enough time scale, it's pretty easy to see that they simply don't even exist. Life is all about change, and if you can't integrate (through dialectic synthesis) new facts, ideas, concepts, etc. into your own, personal, 'weltanschauung' (a German word from psychology meaning 'world view' or 'world picture' or 'perception of the world') then you're just a vegetable that's along for the ride.
Doug
2007-10-20 21:34:14 · answer #2 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i agree.
but prejudice is a harsh word for it.. not that i have a better one.
but my example is... on the subject of God and the afterlife, you either believe in it in some way, or you dont.
for you to believe any side you have to reject the other... you cant believe their both right.
this same logic applies to many subjects.. thats just an easy one to use.
but i wouldnt call not believing the opposing viewpoint to be "prejudice"
to elaborate on my previous statement...
there are some values we must hold true, and some we must allow to be flexible so we can adapt to our changing environment.
we must also cope with the fact that our rational and decisions are at times wrong, and if this is proven to be true it is only logical that we change them. but at any instant we do have values that we reject and values that we accept.
2007-10-20 21:07:39 · answer #3 · answered by drewhenderson13 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was a child, I knew only white people. When I found out that there were different colored people, my world was not shaken. Rather, I changed my world view. It is malleability which gives greater stability, and security is never to be taken for granted, or you will be taken off-guard thereby making you unstable.
2007-10-20 21:30:22 · answer #4 · answered by mike 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Disagree
When you are a child of mentally unbalanced this may be true. The rational beings sense of well being increases with their apprehension of the true state of the universe. You are arguing for denial of part of the record.
2007-10-20 22:12:59 · answer #5 · answered by Ron H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where did "you need prejudice" derive from? What line of logic, as you haven't even developed the link for input of that last assertion.
Do whatever you want. Life isn't so grand deserving of such keen analysis and logical treatment. When you're old and your life is ridden with diseases such as diabetes, coronary artery disease, lung issues due to smoking or secondary exposure, when you have dementia, etc... you won't care about any of this.
2007-10-20 22:14:16 · answer #6 · answered by Pansy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋