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What constitutes a good life?

It's an open ended question. Life is subjective. What's life? What constitutes good? What constitutes bad?

Your good is my bad and my bad is your good.

Drugs which are, 'bad', make me feel good, so does that make them good, or are they still bad.

Am I really sitting in this chair...
 
You'll have to ask your ass if you're sitting in your chair, if it fails to provide a certain response then you may have to grab both sides of the chair with your hands and pull up until you reach the level of resistance that confirms your ass is in fact firmly interfaced with the chair.
 
So I see we're on the same side after all, you're just taking a pessimistic bias to it
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I suppose you could say that. I wouldn't be so quick to call it a bias, though, given the amount of thought I've put into the matter. Perhaps a slant or an interpretation, but I won't harass you over semantics.

I hope you won't think less of me for talking all grandiose while I hoard a bit of feel-good for myself as well
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Well, you're certainly entitled to your opinion, and I am most certainly not entitled to think less of you as a person because of it. This is the internet, after all. At most, I guess I could choose to resent a username and an image of a green stickman, which is not something that I'm currently inclined to do. I'm sure that you are a wonderful person, IRL and otherwise.

Your good is my bad and my bad is your good
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But this is exactly the type of dangerous relativism that our generation must resist if we are to make any honest attempt at discovering the 'good life.' Don't you feel that there exist some or many varieties of aversive stimuli that could be near-universally labelled as 'bad' (e.g. severe burns wounds, deep lacerations, starvation, psychosis, high fever, irritable bowel syndrome, panic attacks)? And does there not exist the possibility of identifying broad categories of generally positive or 'good' stimuli that at least partially complement the aforementioned list? If not, your views amount to little more than a haughty, boring, wiser-than-thou brand of nihilism that attempts nothing, neither spiritually nor philosophically, and achieves about as much.
 
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But this is exactly the type of dangerous relativism that our generation must resist if we are to make any honest attempt at discovering the 'good life.' Don't you feel that there exist some or many varieties of aversive stimuli that could be near-universally labelled as 'bad' (e.g. severe burns wounds, deep lacerations, starvation, psychosis, high fever, irritable bowel syndrome, panic attacks)? And does there not exist the possibility of identifying broad categories of generally positive or 'good' stimuli that at least partially complement the aforementioned list? If not, your views amount to little more than a haughty, boring, wiser-than-thou brand of nihilism that attempts nothing, neither spiritually nor philosophically, and achieves about as much.
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You can make it as deep or as shallow as you see fit. But at the end of the day, life is subjective, an that is a fact. If you can write me a list, covering everything within existence and make it universally categorical into, 'good' or 'bad', then I will take your point on board. The whole point of that comment was it proves nothing. Because asking a question, regarding, what makes a, 'good' life. Is as unlimited, as asking, "how long do you think this is?". I'm not claiming to be a know it all, wise ass philosopher. So I'd appreciate it, if you didn't treat me as such.
 
I'm not claiming to be a know it all, wise ass philosopher. So I'd appreciate it, if you didn't treat me as such.
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Most philosophers whose work I've read or that I've personally met have come across to me as good-natured, open-minded people. One need not put on airs as a 'know-it-all' or a 'wise-ass' to offer their constructive opinion on a subject of interest. Your idea of 'subjectivity' is so broad as to encompass the full spectrum of human thought and experience, which serves only to dilute your opinion into a faux pop-nihilism that offers nothing new to the discussion. You can peer over our shoulders and scoff at our attempts to find meaning in this world whilst jeering that its 'all subjective' all you like, but you're never going to convince me that what you're saying amounts to very much. That is all.
 
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Most philosophers whose work I've read or that I've personally met have come across to me as good-natured, open-minded people. One need not put on airs as a 'know-it-all' or a 'wise-ass' to offer their constructive opinion on a subject of interest. Your idea of 'subjectivity' is so broad as to encompass the full spectrum of human thought and experience, which serves only to dilute your opinion into a faux pop-nihilism that offers nothing new to the discussion. You can peer over our shoulders and scoff at our attempts to find meaning in this world whilst jeering that its 'all subjective' all you like, but you're never going to convince me that what you're saying amounts to very much. That is all.
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Why become so arrogant about it? This is a discussion, not a, I'm right your wrong contest. This is why I sometimes
despise discussion subjects with others.

My viewpoint, is life is so subjective, to the point, everyones good and bad is different. An finding universal
similarities is pointless, because it will always be viewed differently. Which is an answer to the question asked.

Your viewpoint seems to be, your to clever to take in what anyone else says...... get over yourself buddy,
you've ruined a good conversation. Opinions are opinions. Jeez.

I'm out of here, this isn't a discussion, this is you forcing your opinion by being rude.

Peace
 
so arrogant about it...your to clever to take in what anyone else says...get over yourself buddy, you've ruined a good conversation...I'm out of here, this isn't a discussion, this is you forcing your opinion by being rude.
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Cool story bro.
 
What these indexes talk about is biological well being. As in, you will kill yourself rather than dying of TB. I think it's better to have the choice of being depressed rather than being a happy war refugee or whatever...
 
To desire and embrace as it is already and to be grateful of what follows.
 
I would say that as long as you're happy and live your life in a way that isn't hurting other people, that's a good life.
 
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