![]() ![]() ![]() If you’re feeling sufficiently miserable, maybe your life has become one of the worthless ones. And though Peterson doesn’t tackle this theme, the spread and gradual liberalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia laws - in Dr Peterson’s native Canada, even the mentally ill are now eligible for euthanasia - reveal a majority consensus to the effect that human life is not, objectively speaking, worthwhile. In this context you might also recall the more moderate population control advocates who argue that to reduce the number of living humans is to reduce suffering. He discusses the non-negligible influence of antinatalists, who hold that, all things considered, it would be best if the human race went extinct. ![]() ![]() Dr Peterson cites a study showing that one in five adults engage in serious self-harm during their lifetime. You might think that questioning the value of one’s existence is a problem restricted to intellectuals, but not so. Why take on responsibility if it will bring me suffering? What does it matter if I tell the truth? Why get out of bed in the morning if life is meaningless - or worse, evil? It may be self-help, but it’s self-help for people whose problems are fundamentally philosophical. ![]()
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