PHIL 1100 Lecture : John Kekes
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~section 1~ y our lives spent through our routines (problems, success, happiness, failures) y the treadmill (why keep going) nature compels us to carry on, struggle y tend to not reach adulthood (have no children) page 239. Instincts to reproduce y high sex drive more reproduction, less sex drive less reproduction y biology is statistical y problem, the living today, we live in a privileged society, not like our ancestors. Instead, the problem is income (welfare), prestige (status), and self-esteem issues, all very psychological. If we want income, prestige, and high self-esteem our meaning of lives is shallow y y have the luxury to decide what is important y children are indoctrinated (dictated) once turned into teens, they are very likely to be peer pressured. adults are shaped by success (have this to that) it shows that we may be mistaken in believing that our projects have meaning (page 252)
