The Feelings Harmed In Society

The feelings harmed in society

This essay will be about feelings. To illustrate this issue, Schopenhauer’s philosophy will be set as an example. Although he is not an author who has been in extension in the agenda and the subject is only in Romanticism, I find it interesting to treat it in depth.

As for feelings, it has been important to see the ideas of each author reflected, since, I firmly believe that these are a fundamental part in our day to day and in our training as people. Schopenhauer seems to me the most indicated philosopher to treat this, since his philosophy is based a lot on feelings.

For him, the emotions considered "good" must be those that believe a basis for morals. On the other hand, if the human being moves for his own interest with emotions considered "bad", they cannot be a good basis for morality. That is, morality must be attributed good emotions, but is not considered a correct moral. In my opinion, this thought is not entirely true, since sometimes you have to act with selfishness in situations that can damage our interior and our integrity.

In turn, it seems important to emphasize the intention of the philosopher in promoting empathy among people. That is, feeling empathy for the pain of another person, you can act morally well, since our primary instinct will make us react with good actions.

As for people with incorrect or "bad" morals, he believes that the purpose of their actions is to harm the largest number of people.

Reflecting on this thought and focusing on the feeling of selfishness, two types of behavior could be found: the first, a person who looks for his own well -being and does not have a clear intention to harm the foreign person;the second, a person who looks for herself, but without taking into account the feelings of others. Again, empathy enters the game, that is, or not to have consideration with the feelings of others. Being aware of the suffering of others can raise our spirituality, since we can find features of others in ourselves that we did not know there were.

On the other hand, for the philosopher, all people are full of dreams that are not going to be fulfilled, which reflects a pessimistic thought of existence. For me, this exactly reflects the general feeling of anguish we have in today’s society. Live without future expectations, with without fulfilling dreams and with a feeling of internalized anguish for wanting to live faster than our abilities allow us.

The anguish in society is not always found, there is a cluster of predominant feelings today, but the way in which, without wanting it, we are condemned to suffer for circumstances outside the ourselves ourselves is curious. We are subject to constant pressure for wanting to delay the fact that, at some point, we will be injured. The philosopher could have lived perfectly in our time.