{"id":152318,"date":"2024-03-05T14:56:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T19:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/152318"},"modified":"2024-03-05T14:56:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T19:56:05","slug":"the-one-rule-for-life-immanuel-kants-moral-philosophy-mark-manson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/152318","title":{"rendered":"The ONE RULE for LIFE – Immanuel Kant’s Moral Philosophy – Mark Manson"},"content":{"rendered":"
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0nz0iaNvVpE<\/div>[Music] depending on your perspective Emanuel Kant\u00a0 was either the most boring person on the planet\u00a0\u00a0 or a productivity Hacker’s wet dream for over 40\u00a0 years he woke up every morning at 5:00 a.m. and\u00a0\u00a0 wrote for exactly 3 hours he would then lecture\u00a0 at the same University for exactly 4 hours he\u00a0\u00a000:00:27<\/a>followed that up with lunch at the same restaurant\u00a0 each day then in the afternoon he would go on an\u00a0\u00a0 extended walk through the same park on the same\u00a0 route leaving and returning home at the exact same\u00a0\u00a0 time every day K spent his entire life in kbur\u00a0 Prussia I mean that literally he never left the\u00a0\u00a000:00:46<\/a>city despite the ca being an hour away he never\u00a0 saw it Kant was efficiency personified he was so\u00a0\u00a0 mechanical on his habits that his neighbors joke\u00a0 that they could tune their clocks based on when he\u00a0\u00a0 left his apartment each day he would would leave\u00a0 for his daily walk at 3:30 p.m. have dinner with\u00a0\u00a000:01:03<\/a>the same friend every evening and return home to\u00a0 finish work and go to bed at exactly 10 p.m. it’s\u00a0\u00a0 easy for us to scoff at a guy like this what a\u00a0 loser seriously get a life dude but K was one\u00a0\u00a0 of the most important and influential thinkers\u00a0 in modern history he did more to steer the world\u00a0\u00a000:01:20<\/a>from his single room apartment in Prussia than\u00a0 most Kings and armies ever did before or since\u00a0\u00a0 if you’re living in a Democratic Society that\u00a0 protects indiv idual rights you have can’t to\u00a0\u00a0 partially thank for that he was the first person\u00a0 to ever Envision a global governing body that\u00a0\u00a000:01:37<\/a>would guarantee peace across much of the world he\u00a0 prescribed SpaceTime in such a way that it later\u00a0\u00a0 inspired Einstein’s discovery of Relativity\u00a0 he came up with the idea that animals could\u00a0\u00a0 potentially have rights themselves he invented the\u00a0 philosophy of Aesthetics and beauty and resolved\u00a0\u00a000:01:51<\/a>a 200-year philosophical debate in the span\u00a0 of a couple hundred Pages he reinvented moral\u00a0\u00a0 Philosophy from top to bottom over throwing ideas\u00a0 that had been the basis of Western Civilization\u00a0\u00a0 since Aristotle Kant was an intellectual badass\u00a0 if brains had balls K would have been made out\u00a0\u00a000:02:09<\/a>of steel his ideas particularly about ethics\u00a0 are still discussed and debated in thousands of\u00a0\u00a0 universities today and that’s what I want to talk\u00a0 about K’s moral philosophy and why it matters now\u00a0\u00a0 you might be saying really moral philosophy who\u00a0 cares man show me a shiny Sunset inspirational\u00a0\u00a000:02:29<\/a>quote or a cat meme well that right there is\u00a0 moral philosophy anytime you say who cares or\u00a0\u00a0 what’s the big deal you’re essentially questioning\u00a0 the value of something is it worth your time and\u00a0\u00a0 attention is it better or worse than something\u00a0 else these are all questions of value and they\u00a0\u00a000:02:48<\/a>all fall under the umbrella of moral philosophy\u00a0 our moral philosophy determines what we value what\u00a0\u00a0 we care about and what we don’t care about and our\u00a0 values determine our decisions actions and beliefs\u00a0\u00a0 therefore moral philosophy applies to everything\u00a0 in our lives got it kant’s moral philosophy is\u00a0\u00a000:03:07<\/a>unique and counterintuitive can’t believe that\u00a0 for something to be good it had to be Universal\u00a0\u00a0 that is it can’t be right to do something in one\u00a0 situation and wrong to do it in another if lying\u00a0\u00a0 is wrong it has to be wrong all the time it has to\u00a0 be wrong when everyone does it period if it isn’t\u00a0\u00a000:03:25<\/a>always right or always wrong then it cannot be a\u00a0 valid ethical principle Kant these universalized\u00a0\u00a0 ethical principles categorical imperatives rules\u00a0 to live by that are valid in all contexts in every\u00a0\u00a0 situation to every human being well holy [\u00a0__\u00a0]\u00a0 universal laws that dictate all morality for every\u00a0\u00a000:03:44<\/a>human being sure you want fries with that it’s\u00a0 so impossible it sounds ludicrous but Kant made\u00a0\u00a0 a hell of an attempt in fact he made a number of\u00a0 attempts at creating categorical imperatives some\u00a0\u00a0 of those attempts were quickly ripped the shreds\u00a0 by other philosophers but others have actually\u00a0\u00a000:04:00<\/a>held up the test of time to some degree one of\u00a0 them in particular has kind of stuck and in all\u00a0\u00a0 of my years reading and studying philosophy\u00a0 psychology and other Sciences it is one of\u00a0\u00a0 the most powerful statements that I’ve ever come\u00a0 across its implications reach into every part of\u00a0\u00a000:04:16<\/a>each person’s life in a single sentence it sums\u00a0 up the bulk of all of our ethical intuitions and\u00a0\u00a0 assumptions and in each situation it points to a\u00a0 clear direction of how we should be acting and why\u00a0\u00a0 okay enough foreplay here’s kant’s rule act that\u00a0 you use Humanity whether in your own person or in\u00a0\u00a000:04:36<\/a>a person of any other always at the same time as\u00a0 an end and never merely as a means okay what the\u00a0\u00a0 actual [\u00a0__\u00a0] let’s back up for a second can’t\u00a0 believe that rationality was sacred when I say\u00a0\u00a0 rationality I don’t mean like Sudoku or chess\u00a0 Grandmaster rationality I mean rationality as\u00a0\u00a000:04:56<\/a>the fact that we are the only known creatures in\u00a0 the universe that are able to make the decisions\u00a0\u00a0 weigh options and consider the moral implications\u00a0 of each and every action basically Consciousness\u00a0\u00a0 to the only thing that distinguishes us from the\u00a0 rest of the universe is our ability to process\u00a0\u00a000:05:10<\/a>information and act consciously in the world and\u00a0 this to him is special it’s exceedingly special\u00a0\u00a0 for all we know we are the only shot the universe\u00a0 has at intelligent self organization therefore\u00a0\u00a0 we need to take it seriously and therefore\u00a0 rationality and protecting conscious Choice\u00a0\u00a000:05:28<\/a>must be the basis for all of our moral reasoning\u00a0 Kant wrote that quote without rationality the\u00a0\u00a0 universe would be a waste in vain and without\u00a0 purpose to K’s mind without intelligence and the\u00a0\u00a0 freedom to exercise that intelligence we might\u00a0 as well just be a bunch of rocks nothing would\u00a0\u00a000:05:45<\/a>matter therefore Kant believed that all morality\u00a0 is derived from the protection and promotion of\u00a0\u00a0 rational Consciousness in each individual so how\u00a0 do you do that well cons rule above let’s restate\u00a0\u00a0 State con rule in a more modern language to make\u00a0 it more easily digestible quote each person must\u00a0\u00a000:06:05<\/a>never be treated only as a means to some other\u00a0 end but also be treated as an end themselves\u00a0\u00a0 okay let’s say I’m hungry and I want a burrito I\u00a0 get in the car and I drive to Chipotle and I order\u00a0\u00a0 my usual double meat monster that makes me oh so\u00a0 happy on a weekly basis in this situation eating\u00a0\u00a000:06:23<\/a>the burrito is my end goal it’s ultimately why I’m\u00a0 doing everything else getting in the car driving\u00a0\u00a0 buying gas and so on all these things I do to get\u00a0 the burrito are the means I.E the things that I\u00a0\u00a0 must do in order to achieve my end if you call a\u00a0 friend to find out how they’re doing calling them\u00a0\u00a000:06:41<\/a>is a means finding out how they’re doing is your\u00a0 end if you leave a party early so you can wake\u00a0\u00a0 up in the morning leaving the party is the means\u00a0 and waking up early is your end means are things\u00a0\u00a0 that we do conditionally I don’t want to get in\u00a0 my car and drive but I want a burrito therefore\u00a0\u00a000:06:58<\/a>driving is the means to my burrito end an end is\u00a0 something that is desired for its own sake it is\u00a0\u00a0 the defining motivating factor of our decisions\u00a0 and behaviors if I wanted to eat a burrito only\u00a0\u00a0 because my wife wanted a burrito and I wanted\u00a0 to make her happy then the burrito is no longer\u00a0\u00a000:07:15<\/a>my end it is now a means to an even greater\u00a0 end making my wife happy and if I only wanted\u00a0\u00a0 to make my wife happy so I could hopefully get\u00a0 laid tonight now my wife’s happiness is a means\u00a0\u00a0 to a greater end of sex likely that last example\u00a0 made you squirm a little bit and think I’m kind\u00a0\u00a000:07:31<\/a>of a dirt bag and that’s exactly what Kant is\u00a0 talking about his argument hell his rule states\u00a0\u00a0 that treating any human being as a means to some\u00a0 other end is the basis of all unethical Behavior\u00a0\u00a0 so treating a burrito as a means to my wife’s\u00a0 end is fine after all as far as I know burritos\u00a0\u00a000:07:49<\/a>don’t have rational Consciousness but if I treat\u00a0 my wife as a means to the end of sex now I am\u00a0\u00a0 treating her as a means and Kant would argue that\u00a0 that is some shade of wrong let’s give K’s Rule\u00a0\u00a0 The Common Sense check lying is wrong because\u00a0 you are misleading another person’s conscious\u00a0\u00a000:08:05<\/a>behavior in order to achieve your own goal you\u00a0 are therefore treating that person as a means\u00a0\u00a0 to your own end therefore lying is unethical\u00a0 cheating is unethical for a similar reason you\u00a0\u00a0 are violating the expectations of other rational\u00a0 and sentient beings for your own personal aims\u00a0\u00a000:08:21<\/a>you are treating the rules and expectations\u00a0 agreed to with others as a means to your own\u00a0\u00a0 personal end that is wrong violence same deal\u00a0 you were treating another person as a means to\u00a0\u00a0 some greater political or personal end bad very\u00a0 bad cons formulation checks all the boxes that\u00a0\u00a000:08:38<\/a>we would expect from a theory of morality but it\u00a0 goes Way Way Beyond Common Sense Morality In fact\u00a0\u00a0 I will try to argue that K rule plausibly extends\u00a0 to pretty much everything that we value is right\u00a0\u00a0 and good today check it out the moral implications\u00a0 of K’s rule the list below is incomplete some of\u00a0\u00a000:08:56<\/a>the items K explicitly wrote about but others are\u00a0 extrapolations that I’ve taken from his work and\u00a0\u00a0 applied to my own values my hope is that by the\u00a0 end of it you will see the incredible flexibility\u00a0\u00a0 of the single moral maximum to extend almost all\u00a0 areas of human life example one laziness okay I\u00a0\u00a000:09:14<\/a>can be as lazy is the next Guy full disclosure\u00a0 and I often feel guilty about it but we all know\u00a0\u00a0 that [\u00a0__\u00a0] off in the short term inevitably harms\u00a0 Us in the long term but for whatever reason this\u00a0\u00a0 short-term gain versus long-term loss calculation\u00a0 never seems to inspire or move us but that’s not\u00a0\u00a000:09:30<\/a>why Kant thinks it’s wrong in fact Kant would say\u00a0 that this is the wrong way to think about laziness\u00a0\u00a0 it’s insufficient comp believed that we all had a\u00a0 moral imperative to do the best that we can at all\u00a0\u00a0 times but he didn’t say to do your best because of\u00a0 self-esteem or personal utility or contributing to\u00a0\u00a000:09:47<\/a>society or whatever he went even further than\u00a0 that he argued you should do your best because\u00a0\u00a0 anything less is to treat ourselves as a means\u00a0 rather than an end yes you can treat yourself\u00a0\u00a0 as a means as well you’re sitting on the couch\u00a0 refreshing Twitter for the 28th time and you’re\u00a0\u00a000:10:03<\/a>treating your mind and your attention as a mere\u00a0 pleasure receptacle you are not maximizing the\u00a0\u00a0 potential of your Consciousness in fact you are\u00a0 using your Consciousness as a means to stimulate\u00a0\u00a0 your emotional ends this is not only bad Kant\u00a0 would argue but it’s unethical you are actively\u00a0\u00a000:10:19<\/a>harming yourself example two addiction Believe It\u00a0 or Not Kant wasn’t a total party pooper he enjoyed\u00a0\u00a0 some wine with his lunch he smoked the pipe but\u00a0 only at the same time each morning and only one\u00a0\u00a0 bowl of tobacco Kant was not necessarily anti-un\u00a0 what he was against though was pure escapism\u00a0\u00a000:10:38<\/a>he wrote that using alcohol or other means of\u00a0 escaping one’s own life was unethical because\u00a0\u00a0 it requires you to use your rational mind and\u00a0 freedom as a means to some other end in this\u00a0\u00a0 case getting [\u00a0__\u00a0] up comp believed in facing\u00a0 one’s problems he believed that suffering is\u00a0\u00a000:10:52<\/a>sometimes warranted and even necessary in life\u00a0 we tend to judge the immorality of addiction by\u00a0\u00a0 the damage it causes to others but Kant believed\u00a0 that first overindulgence was fundamentally the\u00a0\u00a0 act of being immoral to oneself the harm it\u00a0 did to others was merely collateral damage it\u00a0\u00a000:11:09<\/a>was a failure to confront the reality of one’s\u00a0 own mind and Consciousness and this failure is\u00a0\u00a0 akin to lying to oneself or cheating oneself out\u00a0 of precious life potential and to can’t lying to\u00a0\u00a0 yourself is just as unethical as lying to others\u00a0 example three people pleasing and seeking approval\u00a0\u00a000:11:27<\/a>okay I know it’s not a good strategy to be kissing\u00a0 people’s asses all the time but unethical really\u00a0\u00a0 isn’t being really nice to people and making them\u00a0 happy an ethical thing to do well not necessarily\u00a0\u00a0 seeking approval in people pleasing forces you\u00a0 to alter your actions and speech to no longer\u00a0\u00a000:11:45<\/a>reflect what you actually think and feel so\u00a0 right there you are already treating yourself\u00a0\u00a0 as a means rather than an end but it gets worse\u00a0 because if you alter your speech and behavior\u00a0\u00a0 in order to make others like you then you are\u00a0 also treating them as a means to your end you\u00a0\u00a000:12:01<\/a>are altering and manipulating their perceptions\u00a0 of you in order to Garner a pleasant response\u00a0\u00a0 from them K would undoubtedly argue that this\u00a0 is also unethical how dare you tell me my shirt\u00a0\u00a0 looks good on me you ethical piece of [\u00a0__\u00a0] I’ve\u00a0 written that length about how people pleasing and\u00a0\u00a000:12:16<\/a>seeking approval leads to toxic relationships\u00a0 but again as usual Kant takes it even further\u00a0\u00a0 because Kant was [\u00a0__\u00a0] hardcore like that\u00a0 example four manipulation or coercion even if\u00a0\u00a0 you’re not lying but you’re communicating with an\u00a0 attitude and a purpose of gaining something from\u00a0\u00a000:12:34<\/a>someone without their full knowledge or explicit\u00a0 consent then you are being unethical K was big on\u00a0\u00a0 fully informed consent he believed it was the\u00a0 only way for there to be healthy interactions\u00a0\u00a0 between individuals it was Radical for his time\u00a0 and it’s something that people still struggle to\u00a0\u00a000:12:49<\/a>accept today there are two areas in the modern\u00a0 world where I think that consent issue is huge\u00a0\u00a0 and K would have a lot to say about it the first\u00a0 is obvious sex and dating under K’s rule anything\u00a0\u00a0 short of explicit fully informed and fully sober\u00a0 consent is ethically out of bounds this is a hot\u00a0\u00a000:13:06<\/a>button issue today and I personally think people\u00a0 make it far more complicated than it needs to be\u00a0\u00a0 it basically just means being respectful people\u00a0 assume this means asking for permission 20 times\u00a0\u00a0 on a date but it’s not all you have to do is\u00a0 State how you feel ask them how they feel and\u00a0\u00a000:13:21<\/a>then respect whatever response comes back to\u00a0 you that’s it it’s not complicated respect was\u00a0\u00a0 also sacred within K’s moral framework because\u00a0 Kant believe that all conscious creatures have a\u00a0\u00a0 fundamental dignity that must be respected at all\u00a0 times and by everyone for Kant consent was the act\u00a0\u00a000:13:38<\/a>of demonstrating respect anything that didn’t lead\u00a0 towards consent between two people was to some\u00a0\u00a0 degree disrespectful I know that makes Kant sound\u00a0 like an angry grandmother but the implications\u00a0\u00a0 of the consent issue are far reaching and wide\u00a0 touching every human relationship that we have\u00a0\u00a000:13:53<\/a>the other modern area that is problematic is sales\u00a0 and advertising pretty much every marketing tactic\u00a0\u00a0 is built around treating people as a means to some\u00a0 end that is making money in fact Kant struggled\u00a0\u00a0 much of his life with the ethical implications of\u00a0 capitalism and wealth inequality he believed that\u00a0\u00a000:14:10<\/a>it was impossible for anyone to amass a fortune\u00a0 without some degree of manipulation or coercion\u00a0\u00a0 along the way therefore he was dubious of the\u00a0 entire system he wasn’t anti- capitalist per se\u00a0\u00a0 and communism didn’t exist yet but the Staggering\u00a0 wealth inequality of his time did make him uneasy\u00a0\u00a000:14:27<\/a>he believed Anyone Who Had Mass the fortune\u00a0 had a moral imperative to give much of it\u00a0\u00a0 away to the starving masses example five bigotry\u00a0 might as well throw it in here especially since\u00a0\u00a0 Enlightenment thinkers were Infamous for having\u00a0 pretty racist views which were common in the time\u00a0\u00a000:14:43<\/a>interestingly K despite saying some pretty awful\u00a0 [\u00a0__\u00a0] about race early in his career turned the\u00a0\u00a0 intellectual corner and realized later in his life\u00a0 that no race has any right to subjugate any other\u00a0\u00a0 it makes sense after all racism and other forms\u00a0 of bigotry are textbook cases of treating other\u00a0\u00a000:14:58<\/a>people as means rather than ends Kant came to the\u00a0 conclusion that if all rationality is sacred then\u00a0\u00a0 there’s nothing permitting European special\u00a0 privileges over any other nations or races\u00a0\u00a0 he also became vehemently anti-colonialist K\u00a0 argued that regardless of race the violence\u00a0\u00a000:15:14<\/a>and oppression required to subjugate populations\u00a0 would destroy people’s Humanity in the process\u00a0\u00a0 it was the ultimate unethical institution this\u00a0 was completely radical for the time radical to\u00a0\u00a0 the point of being considered absurd by many\u00a0 but Kant reasoned that the only way to prevent\u00a0\u00a000:15:29<\/a>war and oppression was to form an international\u00a0 government that organized and bound nation states\u00a0\u00a0 together centuries later the United Nations would\u00a0 largely be based on his vision example six the\u00a0\u00a0 duty of self-improvement most philosophers of the\u00a0 Enlightenment believed that the best way to live\u00a0\u00a000:15:46<\/a>was to increase happiness as much as possible and\u00a0 to reduce suffering as much as possible as well\u00a0\u00a0 this approach to ethics is called utilitarianism\u00a0 and is still the predominant view held by many\u00a0\u00a0 thinkers today K had a completely different take\u00a0 on how to go about improving the world let’s call\u00a0\u00a000:16:01<\/a>it the Michael Jackson Maxim because K like\u00a0 Michael believed that if you want to make the\u00a0\u00a0 world a better place take a look at yourself\u00a0 and make that change but instead of grabbing\u00a0\u00a0 his crotch comp made his argument with brutal\u00a0 rationality and here’s how he argued it comp\u00a0\u00a000:16:16<\/a>believed that generally it is impossible to\u00a0 know whether a person deserves to be happy or\u00a0\u00a0 suffer because you can never truly know what their\u00a0 intentions and aims were when they acted similarly\u00a0\u00a0 even if you should make others happy there’s no\u00a0 way to precisely know how to make them happy you\u00a0\u00a000:16:31<\/a>do not know their feelings values or expectations\u00a0 you do not know the implications your actions will\u00a0\u00a0 have on them on top of that what actually\u00a0 constitutes suffering or happiness in most\u00a0\u00a0 non-extreme situations is unclear your divorce\u00a0 may cause you incredible pain today but in a year\u00a0\u00a000:16:47<\/a>it might be the best thing that ever happened\u00a0 to you you may relish the joy of a celebration\u00a0\u00a0 with friends but maybe it’s distracting you from\u00a0 pursuing something that would prevent more future\u00a0\u00a0 suffering therefore K argued the the only logical\u00a0 way to improve the world is through improving\u00a0\u00a000:17:01<\/a>ourselves this is because the only thing we can\u00a0 truly experience with any certainty is ourselves\u00a0\u00a0 K defined self-improvement is developing\u00a0 the ability to adhere to the categorical\u00a0\u00a0 imperative and he saw self-improvement as a duty\u00a0 an undebatable obligation put on us all to K the\u00a0\u00a000:17:17<\/a>reward or punishment for not following one’s\u00a0 duty was not in heaven or hell but in a life\u00a0\u00a0 made for oneself adherence to morality produced\u00a0 not only a better life for yourself but a better\u00a0\u00a0 life for all those around you similarly failure\u00a0 to adhere to morality would produce unnecessary\u00a0\u00a000:17:33<\/a>suffering for oneself and for those around you con\u00a0 rule has a ripple effect your improved ability to\u00a0\u00a0 be honest with yourself will increase how honest\u00a0 you are with others and your honesty with others\u00a0\u00a0 will influence them to be more honest with\u00a0 themselves which will then help them improve\u00a0\u00a000:17:48<\/a>their lives this is true for all aspects of K’s\u00a0 rule whether it’s honesty productivity charity or\u00a0\u00a0 consent the Michael Jackson Maxum suggest that\u00a0 kant’s rule once adopted by enough people will\u00a0\u00a0 generate a snowball effect in the world enacting\u00a0 more positive change than any calculated policy\u00a0\u00a000:18:04<\/a>or institution the duty of self-respect Kant\u00a0 intuitively understood that there is a fundamental\u00a0\u00a0 link between our respect for ourselves and our\u00a0 respect for the world the way we interact with\u00a0\u00a0 our own psyche is the template which we apply to\u00a0 our interactions with others and little progress\u00a0\u00a000:18:22<\/a>can be made with others until we’ve made progress\u00a0 with ourselves he would likely be disgusted with\u00a0\u00a0 the self-esteem movement today seeing it as just\u00a0 another way of treating people as a means to some\u00a0\u00a0 end of feeling better self-respect isn’t about\u00a0 feeling better self-respect is about knowing\u00a0\u00a000:18:37<\/a>your own value knowing that every human no matter\u00a0 who they are deserves basic rights and dignities\u00a0\u00a0 that every Consciousness is sacred and must be\u00a0 treated as such Kant would argue that telling\u00a0\u00a0 ourselves that we are worthless and shitty is\u00a0 just as wrong as telling others that they are\u00a0\u00a000:18:52<\/a>worthless and shitty lying to ourselves is just as\u00a0 unethical as lying to others harming ourselves is\u00a0\u00a0 just as repugnant as harming others self-love\u00a0 and self-care are therefore not something you\u00a0\u00a0 learn about or practice they are something you are\u00a0 ethically called on to cultivate within yourself\u00a0\u00a000:19:08<\/a>even if they are all you have left the impact\u00a0 of kant’s philosophy Khan’s philosophy if you\u00a0\u00a0 dive into it is riddled with inconsistencies\u00a0 and issues but the power of His original ideas\u00a0\u00a0 is undoubtedly changed the world and strangely\u00a0 when I came across them a year ago they changed\u00a0\u00a000:19:25<\/a>me I had spent most of my 20s pursuing many of\u00a0 the items on the list above but I pursued them\u00a0\u00a0 for practical and transactional reasons I pursued\u00a0 them as a means because I thought that they would\u00a0\u00a0 make my life better meanwhile the more I worked\u00a0 at it the emptier I felt but reading Kant was an\u00a0\u00a000:19:41<\/a>epiphany and only 80 Pages Kant Swept Away decades\u00a0 worth of assumptions and beliefs he showed me that\u00a0\u00a0 what you actually do doesn’t matter as much as\u00a0 the purpose behind doing it and until you find the\u00a0\u00a0 right purpose you haven’t found much of anything\u00a0 at all K wasn’t always a hum drum roue obsessed\u00a0\u00a000:19:58<\/a>dork he wasn’t always the mayor of boreville in\u00a0 fact in kant’s younger years he was a bit of a\u00a0\u00a0 party Hound as well he would stay up late drinking\u00a0 wine and playing cards with his friends he’d sleep\u00a0\u00a0 late and eat too much and host big parties it\u00a0 wasn’t until he turned 40 that he dropped it\u00a0\u00a000:20:13<\/a>all and developed the routine life he later made\u00a0 famous he said that he developed this routine at\u00a0\u00a0 40 because he realized the moral implications\u00a0 of his actions and decided that he would no\u00a0\u00a0 longer allow himself to waste the precious time or\u00a0 energy his Consciousness had left Kant called this\u00a0\u00a000:20:28<\/a>developing character AKA building a life designed\u00a0 around maximizing your own potential he believed\u00a0\u00a0 most people can’t develop true character until\u00a0 they reach middle age because until then they\u00a0\u00a0 are still too seduced by the fancies and whims of\u00a0 the world blown this way and that from excitement\u00a0\u00a000:20:44<\/a>to Despair and back again we’re too obsessed\u00a0 with accumulating more means and are hopelessly\u00a0\u00a0 oblivious to the ends that drive us to develop\u00a0 character a person must Master their own actions\u00a0\u00a0 and master themselves and while few of us can\u00a0 accomplish that in a lifetime Kant believed\u00a0\u00a000:21:00<\/a>it’s something we each have a duty to work towards\u00a0 in fact he believed it was the only thing to work [Music] towards what’s up everybody Mark\u00a0 Manson here and what you just heard is an\u00a0\u00a0 excerpt from the number one New York Times\u00a0 bestseller everything is [\u00a0__\u00a0] a book about\u00a0\u00a000:21:23<\/a>Hope be sure to check it out and uh check out\u00a0 my YouTube channel it’s um you’re on [Music] [Music] YouTube
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