Categorical Imperative and “nihilism”
Is it hard for anyone to argue that the will reacts to the stimulus that is the phenomenal world in a unique “way.” However, upon realizing the issues of freewill and determinism, the intellect embarks on investigating the far boundaries, pushing the limits of both “freewill” and “determinism.” In our world today one must learn to walk the tight rope between the two and come to terms with the simple fact that the Chinese “Tao” is taking root in the world. In these confusing times of uncertainty, the Tao allows one to experience the freedom to choose, while always reminding you of the paths that are more suitable.
The Kantian categorical-imperative becomes a meticulous personalized religion, a confident “being” in the world. However, the journeyman must achieve the freedom to live a deterministic life by accomplishing his goals of choosing what he loves. Nihilism originally begins with the interpretation of “nothing matters” a depressing sense of gloom that forces the sitting to stay sitting without motion to find what matters most. But upon finding the passion and the “what matters most of life,” Kantian thinkers can go on the brink of psychological collapse in trying to achieve perfection in “self-mastery”. The New “nihilism” not defined as “nothing matters,” but, “oh well, I’ll let Nature takes it course” must be internalized before the journey of life becomes easier. When focusing on imperatives one gets loss in the pressure of perfection forgetting that there is an Absolute Spirit that is beyond our control.
Fascinating post. Thank you, it helped in an essay I am writing on various responses to nihilism.
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