Response to Bryan's Post

I think that just about anyone in the world who owns something that they take dear to their heart as a result of earning that certain something in one way or another supports this Sophist idea. The reason I say this is that most of the things that we try to earn in the world are things that we are seeking to achieve, a personal goal for us to become fixated on, and eventually proud of. This feeling of success is what I understand to be a "Sophist" way of thought, and even though it may not represent the whole set of Sophist ideals, it is definitely something that can be considered their own.

When it comes to the American people supporting wrong principles of living, this is what I have to say. Many people in the world, not only the United States live by the wrong principles of living these days. I think that a lot of what is wrong with our society today can be pinned directly to inappropriate approaches to living life happily.

To me there is more to life than representing what we can prove to be better at than one another; for life is about becoming one with what you are meant to be, wouldn't you agree?

Feels Good Man

Something that was brought up in class the other day was a fascinating discussion about what sort of things are "good" and what makes them "good". The solution that was proposed for discussion was that of Socrates, and the first that was brought up was: "Doing things that make you feel good about yourself are good things, where as things that make you feel bad are just generally bad things". I thought that this was an interesting statement when it was first brought up, since I could immediately relate to the fact that doing the right thing indeed does feel good.

But then I had a strange thought, the question that had come to mind while disputing this theory in my head was that: "If feeling good makes what you are doing good, than are the people we see as evil just taking pleasure by doing bad?"

What is your opinion?