“‘What For?’: A Question to Live By”

Philosophy For Flourishing

English - June 24, 2020 20:15 - 43 minutes - 59.4 MB
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If you want to maximize your success and happiness, you must engage purposefully in all of the key areas of life (career, romance, friendships, recreation). Asking the question “what for?“ is key to accomplishing this aim.

Craig and Jon discuss how “what for?” focuses your mind on your goals and on how best to achieve them. They also talk about how certain types of answers to this question can lead one astray.

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Also check out:

“Purpose Comes from Reason, Not Religion” by Craig Biddle: https://www.theobjectivestandard.com/2019/05/purpose-comes-from-reason-not-religion/

“Purpose, Value Hierarchies, and Happiness” by Craig Biddle: https://www.theobjectivestandard.com/2014/05/purpose-value-hierarchies-happiness/

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand: https://amzn.to/3aRYGZj

So Who Is John Galt, Anyway? by Robert Tracinski, reviewed by Andrew Bernstein: https://www.theobjectivestandard.com/2020/04/so-who-is-john-galt-anyway-by-robert-tracinski/