Module 3

1.       "We are all here on earth to help others. What I can't figure out is what the others are here for." --W. H. Auden. Discuss.

Every person on earth helps one another even though they don’t know that everything that they do every day benefits another individual. For me the quote means that every person on earth has a purpose and we know that if we have a purpose, we are ought to do what is that we are here for, like helping each other for example. But not all people on earth are doing what they are ought to do so one can say or ask “What on earth are others here for?” Instead of doing what their purpose is, they are doing something that is useless or insensible. So it’s basically like a teacher lecturing while one student is sleeping.

2.  Ethical egoists think that people will be happiest if they look out for themselves and not concern themselves with others but are this where true human happiness lies? Discuss.

                We all know that before we can help another person or individual, we should also know how to help ourselves first. It’s not bad to put ourselves first before others but we also know that too much something is not good. We should not put too much attention on ourselves like for example when we eat our meal and there is an excess amount of food, we can at least give it to our hungry beggars but its best to buy them a whole meal to satisfy their hunger. One can feel the true happiness if one is helping another person even though he didn’t have any benefits at all than helping another person for the purpose that it benefits him. One of our reasons here on earth is to help one another; every person feels the real happiness when helping another person without expecting something in return.

3.    What are the roots of egoism? Where does it come from? What do egotistical people FEAR?????

                For me basically the root of egoism is selfishness or greediness and it comes from or starts from a greedy and selfish person. Egoistic person are like hiding their true purpose in helping another person. Even though both of them benefits but an egoistic person doesn’t help another person if he don’t get something in return. So an egoistic person fear about something that will lose on his or her possession without a replacement for that lost thing.