Since they will not survive unless we nurture them, that is our responsibility, too.
A future without art or science or philosophy, or the little human things, would be utterly bleak. 'In Life is Hard, Kieran Setiya shows us the gift that philosophy becomes when it removes its mask of impersonality to reveal its human face. But so do mundane activities like telling funny stories, amatueur painting, swimming or sailing, carpentry or cooking, playing games with family and friends-what the philosopher Zena Hitz has called "the little human things." It's not just that we need them in order to recharge so that we can get back to work, but that they are the point of being alive. They would have what I've called "existential value." Art, pure science, theoretical philosophy: they have value of this kind. If human life is not a mistake, there must be some things that matter not because they solve a problem or address a need that we would rather do without but because they make life positively good. See search resultsfor this author Kieran Setiya(Author) 4. “If the best we could do was to minimize injustice and human suffering, so that life was not positively bad, there would be no point in living life at all. Midlife: A Philosophical Guide Audio CD Unabridged, Maby Kieran Setiya (Author) Visit Amazon's Kieran Setiya Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
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