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Must I care about humans?
in Philosophy
When I was young, I was idealistic and believed that everyone must be protected/respected, everyone deserved rights and freedoms, that one must protest against injustice and fight for progressive reforms, etc.
But now as an older person, I just don't feel that way. In fact, I feel humanity is not worthy of good things. Even if another Hitler were to come along, a part of me would say, "That's what humans deserve." It is like I have come to the conclusion that humans deserve only bad things and that good things are not worth fighting for. Not that I hate humans, not that I wish to actively harm them. Not at all. Whatever else I may be, I do not actively seek to hurt anyone. I just don't care, that's all.
Is this wrong? Must I feel kinship with humans just because, through the accident of birth, I am human?
But now as an older person, I just don't feel that way. In fact, I feel humanity is not worthy of good things. Even if another Hitler were to come along, a part of me would say, "That's what humans deserve." It is like I have come to the conclusion that humans deserve only bad things and that good things are not worth fighting for. Not that I hate humans, not that I wish to actively harm them. Not at all. Whatever else I may be, I do not actively seek to hurt anyone. I just don't care, that's all.
Is this wrong? Must I feel kinship with humans just because, through the accident of birth, I am human?
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But, you're human. So:
You deserve another Hitler, too.
You are not worth of good things, either.
You deserve only bad things, too.