A Philosophical question?

Question

A Philosophical question?
Do you find living worthless? Why do we go through all of lifes hardships only to die? We work SO hard to distinguish ourselves, and to become quotgreatquot, but we all end up rotting in the Earth. The wealthy, moviestars, royalty will all die anyways... Why live?

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Everybody seems to have some justification for life. If you didnt have one of your own, you wouldnt have written this. brbrPhilosophy can explain the purpose of living in two ways. The deontological approach would say that we have a duty to live. That duty is predicated by our obligations to the beings around us by virtue of our relationships. Further, the categorical imperative says that we should not throw away life. Because we cannot conceive of a world in which life is worthless or purposeless, we cannot follow the maxim of anthrocide. To make it more obvious, if we believed that life was worthless and that there is no reason to keep on living, we would believe that suicide is a viable option. Further by stating this maxim, we believe that there is nothing about life that makes it worth living. Thus, at every moment, there would be an inherent probability that you would kill yourself simply because there is no no reason to abstain and no reason to act. brbrTeleologicians would say that the best life is the life that brings the most good. By asking the question quotwhy do we go through all of lifes hardships only to die?quot you are assuming that life operates on a negativesum system. That is, you believe there are more problems than there are benefits. This is a fallaciously framed assumption because it is impossible to prove that life operates on a positive, negative, or zero net sum system. Further, the primary concern of teleological arguments is some derivative of consequence. So, by choosing not to live, you are first arguing that your life is purposeless some believe that this destroys the your sense of autonomy, limiting your moral right to make decisions about bodilyself determination. You are also arguing either that general human goals do not support a will to life or you do not subscribe to general human goals. In the former, you are incorrect. In the latter explanation, you are psychotic and should be be allowed to make decisions about your life because you cannot act autonomously.brbrSo you asked for philosophy, that is one philosophical argument for life. I suppose you could make some sort of solipsist claim in which the only thing that matters is what happens to you. In that case, there may not be a reason to continue life. But this is obviously a minority view. Further, I do not believe that you are creating me simply for your brain to explore rational arguments for life. But I suppose such an ideology is your prerogative.