Philosophy for a Better World

This is an urgent and inspiring call for all of us to re-evaluate the way we live our lives in order to reduce universal suffering. Imagine yourself confined to a wheelchair; or growing up impoverished in a developing country; or being gay in a homophobic society; or living 500 hundred years from no [...]
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This is an urgent and inspiring call for all of us to re-evaluate the way we live our lives in order to reduce universal suffering. Imagine yourself confined to a wheelchair; or growing up impoverished in a developing country; or being gay in a homophobic society; or living 500 hundred years from now when future generations may be negatively impacted by what we do today. In this illuminating book, philosopher Floris van den Berg suggests this compelling thought experiment as a way of re-evaluating how most of us live. In response, he proposes a new perspective, universal subjectivism, which can be adopted regardless of religious or philosophical orientation, and that takes into consideration the universal capacity for suffering and, through raising awareness of how that suffering attaches itself to the ways we live our lives, seeks to diminish its hold and increase happiness.