Mar 28, 2014
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SHOW NOTES: In the MYTH WARRIORS™ series we are targeting ideas to begin to assess whether they are credible or not. We are warriors fighting to establish clarity between what is accurate and what is simply a myth (or falsehood) in life. In this episode our topic is, “Happiness is a choice!”
What is happiness? What is choice? Do
humans have any choice (or free will) or is everything that happens
in our lives predestined?
If an individual ascribes their entire life to predestination (or
fate for non-theistic perspectives) the framework of determinism
precludes the “choice” any emotion (including happiness). If an
individual is not able to chose anything in their lives (as it was
all determined for them), there is no “choice” for feeling anything
(including happiness). This
show topic will be a myth from the perspective of those who adhere
to predestination.
For those who are not fully committed to some forms of determinism,
the possibility of free will (in some capacity) provides the option
of choice of emotion. If
emotions are able to be elected by individuals, what is the benefit
to choosing misery (assuming it to be the opposite of
happiness)?
Our culture and shared human history abounds with [...]
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