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Ronnel D Novo D4

My Philosophy of Life

I can remember as a child always asking myself the "why" questions of life. Why

are we here? What is the purpose of life? Why do certain things happen? And is there

really a God? I had always kept these questions to myself and eventually pushed them

out of my mind altogether. I was raised in a Christian household and you just were not

allowed to ask questions of that nature and doubt the faith. The world is the way it is

because God made it that way and that is all there is to it. I was really excited to take

this class because it would finally give me the opportunity to exercise my personal

thoughts and beliefs. I have come to agree with Socrates that "the unexamined life is

not worth living." In my opinion life is a combination of philosophical ideas such as

morality, respect.

The study of philosophy is a very complex and complicated task. There are so

many different questions on many different topics and philosophy tries to explain them

all. It tries to provide answers to the many questions that science and religion cannot

explain. And from this it urges you to think about issues that may otherwise be ignored.

I agree with the goal of autonomy, that philosophy is having the freedom to make your

own decisions and beliefs by using your own reasoning capabilities. I believe that we all

have the God-like quality of reasoning and therefore can make our own educated

decisions. And because we can make our own decisions, we are fully responsible for

our actions.
 This responsibility includes those of the personal and social nature. On a

personal level, we have to take care of ourselves and stay healthy and happy

individuals. Socially I strongly believe in the saying, do unto others, as you would like

them to do unto you. Abiding by this rule helps society to operate as smoothly as

possible without too much conflict. Besides, it is not worth any minute of our shirt

lifetime to be unhappy or rude. We as humans are able to make conscious, individual

choice and take. Our life in this world is limited. We are all going to die sooner or later.

Life studies are an attempt to acquire the intellectual capacity, wisdom and

systematically organized knowledge from a variety of disciplines needed to live our

limited lives without regret.