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Are we at an age where the pursuit of a 'best human life' is becoming or has become socially and intellectually redundant?

Asked by Parmenides (55points) July 28th, 2015

Age – period(s) in time that may or may not have been hermeneutically formed.

Best human life – The intrinsic and ethical pursuit of bettering the self and “knowing thyself” intellectually (Philosophy). [Yes, this is a subjective, but historically, substantiated position.]

Socially – There are several websites, news articles, and one episode of philosophy bites that is informing and positioning people to believe that the humanities (philosophy in particular) is becoming redundant and irrelevant). It’s truth does not lie in numbers or actualization, we are looking at a more systematic approach as to why humans are reaching said conclusions and disregarding humanism in its classical form.

Intellectually – See ‘Socially’ and ‘Best human life’.

Redundant – No longer needed in the sense that people do not find use or care to identify its significance as an advantage or disadvantage. Total annihilation of interest.

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