The ONE RULE for LIFE - Immanuel Kant's Moral Philosophy - Mark Manson
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- The script for this animation was written and narrated by Mark Manson, an American self-help author and blogger. As of 2024, he has authored or co-authored four books, three of which, "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck", "Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope", and "Will", were New York Times bestsellers.
In this video Mark Manson explores the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant.
Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 - 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics have made him one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern Western philosophy, being called the "father of modern ethics", "father of modern aesthetics" and, by bringing together rationalism and empiricism, the "father of modern philosophy".
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"I would love to come out and party tonight guys, but I Kant" 😎
Hah!
C'mon don't be such a Kant 🗿
This!! 😅
Lol
Love it 😂
I agree with Kant. Im turning 38 this year, and after living a life pretty much exactly mirroring Kant's up to now, I have actively decided to stop chasing the glamourous things, and start chasing the meaning behind my actions. Everything now must have a purpose, and a meaning.
Thanks for you comment. I always learn from comments like your.
Good luck
YES!
Can you give examples of what chasing the meaning behind your actions is?
@@geekahertz Sure! So, for example, I am a homesteader. Why? What is the meaning behind all the extra physical and mental work I have to do to live this lifestyle? Well, I have to first define homesteading as a Means, or the end. For me and my wife, its a means. We are doing this so that we become physically and mentally healthier, and raise our children in such a way as to teach them practical life skills that are not easily taught in a neighborhood, especiallyone with an HOA. The "end" here is to produce responsible young men, who will be productive not only for themselves, but to their family, community and friends. I homestead, but I also work as a mechanical engineer....engineering work is the means I use to afford the homesteading lifestyle. Its important I think, to make sure my "end" is serving of others. Once I maintain that servant mindset, I in turn get to enjoy my experience through life more, than if I was self-serving. So far, it has proven true, that serving others brings more satisfaction.
“Instead of grabbing his crotch , Kant made his argument with brutal rationality” 🤣 best line ever 😂
I couldn't stop laughing, best analogy ever!
lolol and i think ghandi said it in the other mandela universe ^^
I LOL’d on that one too!
16:10 for anyone wondering
where is the joke though? honest question.
"Lying to yourself is just as unethical as lying to others."
In fact, you can only be honest with other people if you are able to be honest with yourself. That's the first step.
""Lying to yourself is just as unethical as lying to others."
iow: religion is unethical
The problem is a lot of people who think they are being truthful to themselves are just being negative and self-hating. I see it all the time when people say" I'm just being rational and truthful" when they're taking things the harshest or most negative way. It's really hard to see the truth from behind your own eyes.
@@rainman1242Intent matters in a lie. That is why religion is so challenging to discuss.
@@rainman1242JEW
@@QTwoSix good for you, but how does you specific religion escape the rule ?
Wow. You explained Kant's rule so simply a kindergartner could grasp it
Well done. EXTREMELY well done
Imma kindergardener and I confirm
The fact I still understood very little then might not be good news for me
@@user-lj9we2rf1n that's not true. You can watch the video multiple times or try writing out the script for yourself. The video has a very complex topic as basis and understanding the whole philosophy in one go is not easy if you're not already accustomed to the ideas surrounding it.
The video is really well made. If any, I'd recommend you'd take notes for this or watch/listen to it multiple times, because realising that being moral means not wasting your potential is an important idea for people of all ages and times, and can improve anyones livfe manifold if they act upon it.
You're not dumb, and telling yourself you are is immoral. Have a great day.
@@-RobertW
I believe it's not wrong to say author of this video got Kantscious
I said 'whoa' about a dozen times watching this. And us having a moral obligation for self-improvement truly resonated with me.
Whoa. Edit: Whoa! Whoa, Whoa!! Whoa, Whoa, Whoa! Whoa, Whoa, whoa, Whoa.
Yeah. Three places I had to pause the video, pace the room for a minute... Let it sink in.
"Treat humanity as ends and not means." Is precisely the kind of thing I'd try to get everyone else to believe.
Sounds a lot like "Love thy neighbors as (you love) yourself." Jesus of Nazareth
Indeed
A fundamentalist principle of gynocrntric spiritualism is PREACHING Altruism without ever practicing it, for any reason other than making yourself look good.
Sadly, this is the foundation of modern politics & religion.
@@tonybrown7241 That is true, except for the part about it being gynocentric. If anything, it is more likely to be androcentric. But hypocrisy doesn't really have a gender.
You are wrong about this. Look into utilitarianism. It's gonna fix your issue
“You are not maximizing the potential of your consciousness, you are using your consciousness as it means to stimulate your emotional ends.” - banger of a line.
I'm 43 and have been trying my best at self-improvement in the last 6 months. This video really makes me feel like I'm doing the right thing. I've also recently had a theory that everyone is just the same person inside a body with extremely different experiences. Treat people how you would want to be treated. I think the best thing you can do is help someone else self-improve by doing it yourself and showing everyone what is possible.
The golden rule. Love thy neighbour as yourself - "because he is yourself. Literally." Bill Hicks.
"And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.".
Sounds like The Egg Theory: ruclips.net/video/h6fcK_fRYaI/видео.htmlsi=UwFrh9iVYAVUPVwi
Yeah but not everyone wants to be treated the same as you. Work on understanding people instead. By assuming they are just like you, you are merely projecting yourself on them thereby robbing them of their autonomy and falling short of empathy. Like you said everyone has different experiences and that's what matters.
@@RPcropland I don't believe the 'treat others...' rule means you treat them in the exact manner you prefer to be treated (with your own preferences and tastes) but rather that EVERYONE wants to be treated with respect. That's what it's talking about. If you treat yourself with respect and do the same with others, then you will naturally develop empathy and the ability to learn what it is they like and don't like.
The Egg theory
All seriousness please make more content on Philosophers, Ethics in school was never taught like this
Yuri Bezmenov knows why.
Wasnt it for you?
My philisophy class spent half a school year only on kant and in total 2 years just on ethics.
@@Slayer666thMost schools don't teach philosophy, but I have no idea if it's different in the USA.
ethics in school (at least in mine) are only history dlcs bro 😭
Each person must never be treated only as a means to some other end, but must also be treated as an end themselves. Don't allow yourself to be treated as a means. Do your best because anything less is to treat ourselves as a means rather than an end. Are you maximizing your potential? Or are you treating your mind and your attention as a mere pleasure receptacle?
Yes I agree. When an 7' tall alpha bully at work gets angry and yells to coerce others into doing things his way then this is unethical and immoral because he is using others as a means to an end. Normally I just choose to not react out of stoicism and being a sigma, but he is getting out of hand. Because I have self respect, tonight I will tell this bully off. Thank you.
Interesting and timely perspective. I'm deciding whether to take a promotion earn more money and undoubtedly more stress and workload. The comfortable mindset is telling me to ignore it, ya dont need the stress, your job is great and it suits your lifestyle, but then the promotion and increased income is also a drawcard, and I'm stuck trying to weigh up what's more important - effing nightmare!
Right, with that out of the way, lets see if this vid has any solutions.
Edit: i agree with the progression from living life with the promiscuities of modern life, and maturing into middle age and reconciling all the things that have brought you to that point. Knowing thyself, probably the only takeaway i got from this vid, everything else is now common sense, at least to progressive societies.
Didn't Kant come up with the "universal principle" in which a behavior can only be deemed moral if everyone in society could engage in the same behavior without destroying its own ability to exist? For example, lying is immoral because if everybody were to engage in lying then communication would be destroyed thus making lying impossible because no one would bother to talk to each other. Stealing is immoral because if everyone were allowed to steal no one would own property thus making theft impossible.
@@sadgearmylet us know how it goes 😅
I love when intellectuals dumb people down for a central government.
Our cognitive abilities aren't equal.
I support ambitious people using me as a means to their financial end.
I'm not smart enough to achieve great things on my own.
But I'm not dumb enough to think I deserve equality just for existing.
Great ideas for when everyone has computer chips in their brains tho.
I'm not afraid to admit that Kant made my brain hurt when I was at school (and most likely far too young to appreciate him anyway), but this might be one of the best things I've seen on RUclips. Illuminating, entertaining and, above all, 100% relevant to our lives today. Brilliant!
@@piersnightingale Same here. Not to mention the pooh poohing of Kant as booorring while supposedly teaching him neutrally. We needed to witness the alternatives before finding out Kant is pretty damn exciting as we independently exercise our human, all too human and therefore glorious faculty to think.
Je pense, donc JE freakin' SUIS. Hell yes!!
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Whoever did the illustrations, I greatly appreciate the visualization while learning.
Aaron Webstensky
The hand is fake
Mark Wooding
@@1960huey "lefties have the ability to visualise" mindless comment
Internet thinking can be such a shape-sorter
@@inevskileft handed peoples brains are different than right handed peoples. While it may not be the reason he’s able to visualize it still has a bit of merit to creativity.
Guys i feel so much relief when he said that no one would make a sustainable routine until the midle age, im 21 years old and im making pressure on myself to be thé best version that i Can be. Kant IS truely Amazing
Same here. I was so hard on myself when I was 19 that I'm not waking up at 5a.m. like Steve Jobs does, and I don't exercise 2 hours a day like that dude on RUclips. I really feel you 😅
@@GeneralBaguvix mimicking successful people will never lead to success, at least not on trivial matters like when you wake up. Forge your own path
This kind of thinking is RUINING our nation. Perpetual adolescence is NOT the answer. 18 is considered adulthood and people should act like adults at 18. Don’t excuse your own or others’ behavior because they aren’t old enough yet.
Grow up dude. Get off your parent’s couch.
@@GeneralBaguvixextending your adolescence isn’t the answer either.
Don’t you want to be like the loser Kant, wasting 12 years of your life and being meaningless??? Or don’t you want to change the world.?
@@JeronimoStilton14it absolutely will increase your chances at success.
You don’t mimicking ppl, youre mimicking the behaviors that make ppl successful and in turn building self-discipline required to find and maintain your own potential
"Something to hope for" seems to be the only thing keeping me alive
Spend some time out of town it will change how you view the world
Just like me fr.
Then find something to do and find someone to love (even if that's under conjecture of some-things and ones to love like pets, hobbies, family, people, places, hanging out, routines etc). In a way, it circles around with something to do, but if you love those to-dos then your view gets that much brighter.
@@redlight3932 in theory that sounds great. I'm just getting by financially so I imagine spending some time out of town could involve running out of gas and foraging my way back to civilization, or just perish.
@@redlight3932 Yeah because everyone has disposable money to just call off work and f*** off to wherever
Explaining of such complex philosophical concepts with such ease, that's the content the internet needs
These concepts are all in the Bible
@@Avboyyythe are also found in other religious and non-religious works
@@Avboyyyreally? Then why does this video say it all much more clearly and much quicker, too? There's no ambiguity in this video.
I tried to decipher the thumbnail for about 2 minutes before giving up and watching the video.
lmao same
Yup
Best intellectual click bait 🤓 ever
Me too
SAME LOLOL honestly a successful marketing technique
This is truly amazing. I have tried and searched for the last 10 years for a deeper understanding of life, at least for myself.
I have never heard about Kant or at least I don't remember but I knew, from all the psychology videos I watched, I needed to work on myself first.
All my hard work understanding myself and others, learning to communicate and being strong enough to open up, finally paying off.
It is unbelievably hard to improve myself, and standing back up doesn't matter how often I thought "I keep trying, and it's changing nothing".
It is not about doing everything perfect, but at least try your best.
If I help others and give them the tools I learned, they will also make a positive change.
Now I see the ripples from my positive feedback and being open, it's just the start.
I never before felt so happy and proud.
The internet is an incredible resource. I could write so much more.
I never thought there would be a video that captured my belief system so well.
The golden rule always comes back to my mind, and I think the Kant's one rule of life fits even better.
Thank you for this video, I appreciate it a lot.
Yes, this video hit me hard because im 40 and finally got some discipline and I am on a journey of self-imporvement. You become a beacon of hope for everyone in your life that sees the improvements you have made. Then you see others improving themselfs as well and the world around you becomes a better place.
see vedanta
This RUclips channel is one of the small baby steps towards inner peace, which leads to world peace. Keep up the movement. Keep making all these good truths and beliefs spread across the minds and the masses
This explains why I feel so uneasy about a lot of things in today’s culture. If I examine the end that is desired through the actions of advertising, influencers, celebrity followers, and mainstream media, it makes it clear. I can choose not to engage. I can choose the path of self betterment. I can choose to be more creative, I can choose to not waste time. Be wise, be like Kant!
I'm grateful for After Skool. The weaving of uniquely beautiful art with thought provoking wisdom is executed masterfully. I purchased both of Mark's books and the accompanying journal a moment ago. Can't wait to dive in!
Thank you for everything you create and provide to the world 🙏
Aww I really appreciate that. Your encouragement goes a long way. God bless.
Interesting I usually really like after schools and I didn't hate the message it was more the way it was presented the guy goes on about kant in the first 2 minutes with a bit to much hyperbole making some really glorified statements. Im used to afterskoolz being a bit more reasonable
@@AfterSkool So how would you attempt to convince people of a particular cult that forcing children in to marriage is breaking that one rule, when their agenda says otherwise?
@@HeLpLOstGOdAny1 kants work at best is unfinished some say their are no true ends only means
Mark's end here was getting people to buy his book to enrich himself. I read part of the Subtle Art and gave up half way through because there is nothing there of any substance. It's 100% marketing - he's the edgy self help guru who swears a lot and gives useless counter-intuitive advice and his audience is rebellious people who want justification for not trying.
evil begins when you start treating people like things instead of people
A bit like the average corporate stooge
Evil begins in the absence of God
as you can see how animals are treated.
Someone read Pterry?
Granny Weatherwax ❤
But then Nietzsche came along and said "You do you, but frankly… the universe does not give a single flying f@©k about you personally, or humanity as a whole. So you and your consciousness do not owe it anything. But, again, you do you."
Yes
"Napoleon, like anyone can even know that."
Thing is if you do that, other people will apply the other half of the golden rule to you, usually with interest.
Try speaking to the universe , expect an answer. Unless you do, you won’t know so you can’t say. He just didn’t like the answer. I go for walks too.
When Universe is speaking
You never must forget
To wear the amplifier
Trustworthy tinfoil hat
This is my first time learning about Kant and I’ll say that he was WAY ahead of his time.
"Do unto others as you would have them do to you" is the Golden Rule for a reason. Everyone is the Main Character in your story.
this is not necessarily what he means, cause you could be treating yourself horribly and therefore unto others as well
@@agnesarellano6033 True. I think Jesus took the assumption that the listener was in a healthy mental state of self-worth. It's definitely an issue that projecting one's own self-loathing onto others leads to all sorts of horrific acts.
Do unto others as you would have them do to the person you love and respect the most.
But first love god with all your mind and heart .
Everyone is the main character in _their_ story. You are still the main character in your story, but recognizing other people as people and not treating them like NPCs is supposed to be the goal here right?
Although, there are some people who act like straight up wind-up dolls.
Kant also believed we had an absolute duty to always tell the truth under any and all circumstances, without exception.
That proposition is unbelievably naive, as was Kant's idealism.
@@Sweethands4 Agreed!
Autistic behaviour. Not possible for most humans.
Imagine how wonderful that would be if we lived in a world where everything and everyone was honest and transparent.
@@dixiedownunder1 It would be better, overall, for sure, if people state things that are objective, relevant, and not redundant (like telling someone fat that they're fat, unless the fat person doesn't believe that they're fat).
Probably the best RUclips video i have ever seen in twenty years. Kant thank you enough for it!
So glad Kant seems to be becoming the next philosopher everyone's reviewing online; I was getting tired of Marcus Aurelius.
So was Marcus Aurelius
@@sswan5271what?
So was i @@sswan5271
He is stating that, Aurelius, if he saw how his works, life, and mostly all written things about him and what he believed were available for him to see, Aurelius would probably disapprove. @@enzocarranza
Ayn Rand is who I have been reading lately and she HATED Kant. My god her and her other objectivists hated him.
The phrase that should be shaking the world right now is "self respect isn't about feeling good about yourself, it's about KNOWING YOUR WORTH."
THIS is what the honest and dishonest sides of toxic positivity and self love culture fails to understand. You don't need to love yourself for any reason. You just need to respect yourself and know you are worth something. And that is enough.
I mean, that sounds good, but lots of especially young people don't feel that they have worth -- partly due to cultural messaging, partly because they're not contributing that much (they can't afford to have children) and partly because they're just another interchangeable person and the world wouldn't be different if they stopped existing.
I'm not saying that people have no worth, I'm saying that people feel that they have no worth.
I would also argue they not only have worth, they also have the means to have children, many first world problems are entirely mental. if there is a will, there is always a way. its a universal truth in the human condition.
Humans naturally have a self defense mechanism put into them biologically even, aside psychologically since birth.
Humans naturally want to keep living, and when humans are fired at and put under direct attack. We defend ourselves.
whether if its fight or flight situations, even reputations publically, or even when people are insulted on the internet or in person, are people prone to fight back and stick up for yourself?
When you get bullied as a kid, you learn fast how to appreciate yourself the longer you survive, and know your worth, and to not let people get away from telling you different. People start sticking a finger in your face and telling you that you aren't any good.
to "Afford" to have children is a cultural concept that is an arbitrary line drawn telling you that you can't survive with what you have, much less children. and it puts people in the spot where they self defeat themselves and even prevent pursuing from having kids.
Fear is what controls the masses, and it controls people from living life and having kids. If a woman really really loves children and really wanted a future with kids, it isn't gonna stop her hearing what the world has to say over money.
Money is only as powerful in your life as you let it be on your mind.
what i was saying is that people need to stop FEELING so much when it comes to their worth as a human, and simply look at their actions of survival. most people, even depressed people still have their self defense mechanism implanted in their very bodies.
the world doesn't matter so much as what you do in the world, and you do things not to change the world, but you do things for the sake of it.
You don't become mother theresa or Einstein because you decided you wanted to put your mark on human history. They became who they are simply because they felt a mission to do specifically what they had done, they felt they had to do it. @@lightworker2956
Society, both men and women, teach young men they're worth nothing unless their deeds amount to something. The only thing, which came from the Men's Rights Movement initially, that Mr. Tate is right about. It's the ugly cloth that coats all socialization of boys growing up.
@lightworker2956 That changes nothing other than difficulty of the task. Feeling good about yourself for something other than your worth is not going to help anyone.
Celebrating obesity, for instance. It's completely unhealthy, trying to feel good about something you don't feel good about isn't a solution.
I've stuck with this particular quote a lot. I think it fits quite well in this context.
"Pride is not the opposite of shame. It is the source of it. The true cure to shame is humility."
Humility, not being an overconfident asshole but not downplaying your strengths because of your insecurities. A humble man will know when to step down from things he cannot do and to step up when he can. The ideal man, a true man.
Your videos tear down the veil of the dysfunctional reality I was stuck in for so long - thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Thank you!
@@AfterSkool 7:20 - hey, thanks for admitting your w ife doesn't love you. And that intimacy with her is something you, yourself, see as bad. (self loathing - you gotta love it)
@citycrusher9308 I'm not quite sure what ur trying to say, do u think doing something for someone just to sleep with them is a good thing?
@@kyo_. yes. There is nothing is wrong with men wanting intimacy. That is what sx is to men.
It's like saying - ''its a bad thing for men to look after themselves or consider their wants and needs''
@citycrusher9308 It's good when sex is the means for both your happiness and hers. It's bad when sex is the end. The difference is whether or not ur willing to use her as a means to get laid
the difference is that doing it ONLY for yourself regardless of what she wants vs doing it for both of you, and as kant said its hard to tell which one is it for other ppl but its often shown that ppl are willing to resort to things like cheating, manipulative tactics like silent treatment etc to get sex, disregarding the happiness of the other (this applies to both parties of the relationship) so sex being the end goal also means that the means maaaay include other selfish things, bcuz after all your end would not be including your wife's happiness in this case otherwise she would be included in it, and not just "sex".
“Treating anyone as a means instead of an end” is pretty much the basis of every economic system.
They could started from. It and then we would know that kant was literary living in bubble
We're making it out of the darkness with this video! Bringing humanity up ⏫
I’ve been following for a few years. The art is always so impressive and beautiful.
This was a wonderful episode.
Thank you!!!
Great job on this! Love how it turned out!
Mark manson ❤️ I love your content bro
this is hands-down the easiest way to understand Kant's philosophy in 20 minutes. That's friggin' impressive, bro. Great video. I'm going to share this a bit
I've been reading the stoics for 5 years straight. Kant really sounds like an extension of stoicism. So, now I've got a whole lot more reading to do. 😅
I would suggest looking into Taoist philosophy. It combines stoic tenets with a more natural view of existence. Effectively it's stoicism without the self.
I’m starting to see men repurpose the idea of stoicism into an excuse for being generally rude and selfish. Nothing to do with your comment of stoicism other than the thought popped in my head.
When I think of stoicism, I recall a magnet my mother gave me a long time ago. It showed a cowboy carrying a lamb with the caption “be strong in deed and gentle in manner”. It’s not about purely sucking it up and being a man, but knowing what a man should be first and his actions follow
I disagree. Kant had an extremist philosophy where things are black or white, right or wrong, with no room for nuance. I don’t think that’s the stoic message at all.
Afterwards try Nietzsche ;)
@@joesandbank3645 exactly. How someone could think that Kant was in any way stoic is simply depressing. As is Immanuel Kant.
I felt like clicking Mark Manson's links was the "end" here and the video was the "means". It goes deeper first, then comes to a full circle. RUclips is the "means", making our eyes mostly see stuff they want is the "end". Under the circumstances, Afterskool's desire to show me these is the "end" and Mark Manson is now the "means". I love these videos, AfterSkool. I hope you keep doing 'em and use whatever "means" to do so!
Man I'm not gonna lie you kinda just blew my mind
this text sure is the means to end the functionality of my brain.
"whatever means to do so" did you not just watch a video explaining how some like consciousness is off limits for 'means'..
Holy shit this is literally "How to be a Good Person in Every Aspect of Life. In 20 Minutes or Less"
I can do it in less than 20 minutes. What I do is good. What I do not is bad. Easy peasy.
It also means, you have to go vegan :)
I can tell you how to be a good person even quicker. Start reading the Bible and following Jesus Christ.
Every “tip and trick” in this video can be found in the Bible
@@Avboyyy no thanks, i don’t like books that say women should be slaves to their husbands.
@@Avboyyy "I can tell you how to be a good person even quicker."
Can you define "good"? How exactly do you intend to follow Jesus Christ (and thank you for appending "Christ" since Jesus is a fairly common name among Hispanics).
Some of Jesus advice, rather a lot of it actually, was for a specific person in a specific situation. Maybe you can do that, but it might not be as effective.
I knew I recognized the voice and story-telling style hahaha My love of Kant and love of Mark Manson in one video??? Can’t get better than this
Thank you, this has given me a broader outlook on life, and changed my perspective on what we do. I will always do my best to ask myself what is my means to an end according to any actions I take.
"Treat others as you would want to be treated, and don't make exceptions"
so if i wanted to kill myself, im free to kill others?
That falls flat really quickly though, some people don’t want to be treated like you.
I prefer to treat people how they want to be treated, in a reasonable way ofc
@@legitplayin6977your kissing ppls 🍑 😂
People don't like that. (I treat myself pretty harshly.)
@@GeoFry3 But is that how you want to be treated by yourself?
Fair point about not fully using one's ability at any given time being immoral I have much to rethink.
One rule to ring them all, one rule to bind them, one rule to bring them all and in the darkness, find them.
Thanks, Professor.
Kant upheld reason as the source of our knowledge, which is understandable considering the historical context behind his ideas. but not all things that we know to be true can be rationalized, and that’s the problem we try to ignore today
I Kant understand what yall are talking about
Exactly, its not wrong… just idealistic
@@ak-zxr0358It's only idealistic because this is not something we are being taught in schools. Our philosophy and self knowledge only scratches the surface in schools. But it is not something that we cannot change.
Kant did decisively NOT uphold reason as the source of all our knowledge, and is precisely known by scholars as one of the greatest critics of rationalist philosophy.
His philosophical system stands to this day as the first - and one of the most brilliant - synthesis of rationalist and empiricist philosophies, as a middle road that acknowledges both the role of reason and of empirical observation and understanding in knowledge-formation.
It is good practice to try to really understand a thinker, or an idea, before you formulate critique - and this usually involves more than watching a RUclips video.
@@RemotelySkilled my "job" (am in uni, preparing for a PhD) is studying philosophy. And this is not a complex argument, but really just introductory knowledge for anyone who has dedicated any amount of time to studying Kant (I'm not blaming Manson for not going into it, it wasn't directly relevant to his popular translation of Kant's moral philosophy)
Also, I'm not asking anyone to provide such a "dissertation", but to conform to the basic principle of putting some effort into understanding something before you criticize it. If someone does not have the time for that, then that's totally fine, but the consequence is simple; don't pretend like you're in a position to criticize - or better yet, formulate questions, instead of empty criticisms.
The end of being rich is so powerful that many people would use other people as means to try to achieve it, in some way or another. What Kant perhaps didn't think too much is that a global government, could/would use people as means to achieve it's goals.
Ludwig von Mises also wrote about illusion of peacefulness of a global government. Without a challenge, without a competition anything goes bad. A planetary violence monopoly - what can go wrong?
Also, to nudge somebody to think and be rational is way different goal than to make them happy.
"Well monopoly on violence is a good thing when good people like us are in control!"
Kant and the Buddha might seem to have opposite approaches; but, look again!
Both pointed out that how we view others gives rise to how we behave.
Both emphasized the centrality of self examination in living ethically.
Both warned about the dangers of unexamined actions-for oneself and for others.
Both taught that actions and the motivations behind them have ripple effects.
We often study philosophies in isolation-particularly Western vs Eastern.
I suggest studying similarities in philosophical fundamentals.
But Buddha is a religious Figure that supposedly existed thousands of years ago, with all the arbitrary and brutal rules that come along religion. Kant didn’t.
I read The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals in college. The formulation you cite has guided my life ever since. Thanks for spreading the word in such a clear and entertaining manner.
"Starting with yourself" is often either misinterpreted or even used maliciously to mean "mind your own business" or "do it yourself, if you don't like it". When, in fact, it doesn't mean that you shouldn't complain or should personally fix the problem, it means, among other things, that you should do what you can to change the world for the better, and depending on the circumstances, that can also mean complaining and raising awareness of other people doing a bad job.
"Starting with yourself" is not very popular among those people who want to save the climate, the Global South, the proletariat, or whatever is the thing du jour. More often than not these are the very same people who cannot be bothered to keep their room tidy or at least in a decent condition.
Complaining is lazy and usually cowardly.
Kant seemed bothered to me. What's all the fight for?
@@rentenfuchs3025 yeah ok buddy go ask a palestinian to keep their room tidy before they start demanding better conditions,
How did you rationalize that? Starting with yourself means fix or improve the only thing you can actually control. There is nothing new about the philosophy. It shows up in Chinese wisdom, for example. "If you want to change your country, change your state. If you want to change your state, change your city. If you want to change your city, change your community. If you want to change your community, change your house (family). If you want to change your house (family), change yourself."
Both the Chinese proverb and Kant imply a radiating effect outward. This is because it proceeds from "truth" or visual principal.
The reason most people who "want to change the world" are looked at as immature and ignorant is because their desire comes from a desire to force others to acceed to their desires while exempting themselves from the same.
So, no, that is not what Kant means at all. In fact, he rather explicitly says so as well.
An excellent episode.
I needed to hear this today. ❤
I was browsing Twitter and realised that I'm not doing the best I can. So I came here to watch this video. This surely is way less addicting than Twitter 😁
And that's proof of something Kant got wrong. Wasting time led you here, to a better outcome. He doesn't account for random chance.
Wasting time didn't lead him here, his own self guided the guy here. Your worth seems to choose what you do, you choose it and it chooses your acts.@@Kingdeathtrooper
@@brilokoth8210 He needed to waste time to come to the realization that choosing worth was needed though. Also, though he said he came here to watch the video, he might not have meant this one specifically, or this channel specifically; We also have to consider how he found the channel to begin with. Did he just type "philosophy"? Had he remembered Kant's name in passing? Was he already subscribed? It's fortunate that the creator chose to make this specific video, and choose an eye catching thumbnail, just in time if so.
Watching this. The most useful 1/2 hour I spent in a long long time...
"A global governing body that would guarantee peace across most of the world."
You might want to reconsider that line.
😂 I was thinking the same thing, I just scrolled through the comments section and you are the only person that pointed this out!
All the best 👍🏼
@@adavies3 I just came to the comments to spit on the idea of One World Governments and their insistence we will own nothing and be happy, we will eat ze bugs and live in the pod.
As bad as the news makes it sound, I don’t think we’re doing too bad.
Already exists called America lead hemegony.
First thing I heard that made me realize this guy was full of crap
This is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen.
It’s great because it really enforces the issues we all know we should address, but don’t due to cyclical negative behaviours.
It makes you concede to your own biases….
And then gives you hope by saying that there is still time to change.
I Kant say enough about this one.
😂😂😂
... and so it begins.
Kant disagree with this comment either
Loved this video, the message, the delivery, the ART?!! splendid!
I know nothing about Kant but the lying statement stood out to me. Suppose Person-A lied to Person-B so that Person-B would not be exposed to some sort of distreasing information at the time. So that at a later time, Person-A may then reveal the truth when Person-B is better able to handle it. Is not Person-B still the end in this case and lying would be justifiable?
I think that’s why the creator of the video said Kant is still hotly disputed to this day. There is a lot of gray area in how humans interact with each other, and how that correlates with outcomes and consequences. I agree with Kants points in principle but nuance must be applied to situations. Especially in a world as complex as the 21st century
a simpler was of stating it is. You are in Poland(my country) You shielding Jews... Nazis ask "do you know where the Jews are"?
I think you can avoid or delay unpleasant interactions, but you cannot lie.
My ex-girlfriend, when she was a little girl, dropped the Thanksgiving turkey on the kitchen floor when her grandmother let her take it in to the dining room her first time. Distraught in tears, my ex was told by her grandma "Don't worry about it, sweetheart, go tell the guests it will be a couple more minutes and grandma will get the spare turkey out of the oven...our secret.". She then, of course, proceeded to wash off the turkey and bring it out as the 'spare' turkey, never letting on the truth. It took my ex growing up to realise what really had to have happened that afternoon, and how kind and sweet her granny had been.
I am a big fan of the mercifully and judiciously applied white lie.
@@WinkLinkletter Children are not really fully functional and capable moral actors.
The primary responsibility of a parent is to protect kids as much as needed *while at the same time* educating them to eventually become morally responsible, intellectually and emotionally capable adults accountable for their decisions and their actions.
What a phenomenal video. Thanks.
The part about self-actualization is soo true. I achieved so many goals and hit a lot of marks in life in order to be “successful” but honestly, the thing that makes me happiest about my success is what it allows me to do with/for my wife and dogs. They are what makes me truly happy, and their happiness flows back to me.
Being a 17-year-old good for nothing and often going through perpetual cycles of extreme self-hatred and sabotage this video about this philosopher, Kant, has given me many insights I didn't know I held within me, many opinions I inherently have an inclination towards from within, I truly appreciate the effort poured into this video and hope to achieve a level of ethicality within me that will bring about a snowball effect within me and then elsewhere. I am grateful.
I have one rule that covers 'most' aspects of life "Create no harm, loss or damage for your fellow Man and if you do (accidents happen), make it right". Simple. Short. Comprehendable by all.
So when pain isn't harm, then how do we make right to the generational harms we inflicted on the minds of younger generations, now that we coddled them from most emotional discomfort through hedonistic overindulgence?
@@DomFortress To be brutally honest with you, if you need to be told the answer that question, I don't think you're ready to know. Not to mention it's a far deeper subject matter than could be properly addressed in a youtube comments section.
@@TheRebelliousMeatPuppet "brutally honest"? Or merely pretentious postering due to reasons other than comfort and convenience? Why don't you surprise me by yourself ignoring the fact that for the past decade, I've been developing myself away from my behaviors addictions and chronic depression? How is it possible to experience post traumatic growth within the contexts of immunometabolism, metabolic psychiatry, psychonuroendocrinology, and muscle centric functional medicines, by myself consistently practice Valsalva maneuver during powerlifting and kickboxing, Wim Hof method for none shivering thermoregulation during cold plunges, time restricted intermittent fasting protocols, elimination diet of all ultra processed food products, and optimizing my gut microbiome diversity using single ingredient whole foods as natural probiotics, prebiotics, and postbiotics, just to name a few?
"All your excuses are lies"
- Jocko Wilkins
@@DomFortress Brutally honest...you're just too young, inexperienced, unlearned and unbegun to be able to pick up on these things. Sorry for you. You're clearly a keyboard commando. Life isn't lived or explained in a comments section there genius. Grow up gamer boi.
How does this cover consumption? (It doesn't)
You spelled subjugate wrong so I’m going to pretend you were wrong about everything and I’m allowed to keep being a bad person
Wanker
It sounds good & looks good on paper, however since Altruism is largely something people use for virtue-signalling, not self-improvement, it quickly breaks down into irrelevance.
Attack the imperfect with a replacement suggestion of - Oh, nothing.
😢😢😅😅
Also spelt reduce as ruduce 😮
4:20 can i just say, that visual is absolutely beautiful, i can't really describe it and i'm not gonna try, but
wwoww
This was a pure inoculation for me! ❤ Thanks a hundert times for this profound knowlege! It safed me from some tricky missunderstanding!! ❤❤❤
Love the video, always have been a fan of Kant. Because of that I can tell you with certainty that Kant's views that still hold up till this day are basically Christian principles. The wording is different, but all of best that Kant ever did is, at it's core, Christianity.
This is a really fine video. The illustrations are fantastic and the script writing is some of the best I’ve seen on RUclips lol.
Great job guys!
One big round of applause to the illustrator(s) of this video.
8:00 I oppose this theory because all of our social intderactjons are about using someone as a means to an end. What are the reasons someone takes a wife? The answer is love, but what makes somebody live someone? Usually a combinations of looks, status, money, charachter traits, all defined by subjective standards. In the end, people only use people and that is social interaction. According to Kant? Sales as a proffesion would be unethical, since the goal is to make money, from people. Politics is unethical, since you want to generate power, from influencing people. Friendships are unethical, since you want to use people to have fun.
1. Love. We start relationships for "unethical" reasons but love is not part of that, it is something developed after going past all the "unethical" parts such as looks, status and money. So this doesn't hold
2. Sales, politics etc. They are not inherently unethical. Everything is a spectrum, you can do ethical sales, by simply being transparent and having a good product. Politics is the same, by putting force policies for the betterment of society and engaging in democracy without ulterior motives. It is the individual politicians and voters that make the process "unethical", hence why Kant believed that betterment would only come from everybody working on themselves, because then we would engage each other ethically in all things.
3. Friendships, like your love example, are "unethical". We all perform social interactions to settle our inherent need for social interaction. But you are also fulfilling the other person's needs at the same time. You wouldn't say feeding each other is unethical right? Same argument, it's a human need. It doesn't mean you're using your friend, because it involves consent - you can end the friendship at anytime and choose to not engage in social interactions as you wish. It is all about respect.
I hope these perspectives help you realise that these are not unethical, but I can certainly see why you'd think that way to start with.
@@TheStickofWar oh I am by no means saying they are unethical, I literally used them as examples why I oppose the theory as described by Kant, that if you use someone you are being unethical. They are literally my examples of 'ethically' using someone, which according to the theory described here by Kant is impossible.
Just to add further discussions around the good points you made here; the idea that “all” of our social interactions are about using someone as a means to an end would be limiting. When you go out of your way for someone, like say a parent or a loved one, what is the end that to that goal? I guess the better question would be, for you personally, do you ever go above and beyond for someone you love without any expectation of something in return? Meaning, if you go out a buy a car for your mom or dad, simply because they need it, are you doing it to help them and that is the end goal or are you doing it to make yourself feel good, knowing you did a kind act or to hope for the return of the favor in the future? I think that is part of the perspective that may be missing here. Kant saying that the end goal should in no way be using another human for your own benefit (in some way, whatever that end is) but I personally believe his theory is great. In practical terms, it’s definitely not going to apply to every decision or scenario, but rather, what I took from it anyways, is that the world becomes more peaceful & ethical when we interact with others without a self serving goal in mind. It’s understood that this theory would not be able to live by in a black & white, always or none, approach, so i agree with you there on the opposition, but if we at least try to live out this idea in our interactions as much as possible, we become more ethical in the decisions we make throughout our lives.
Humanity has to be continually saved from itself, ethics could often get it the way- dangerously.
Please elaborate?
This is a vid you have to watch multiple times because you'll come across something so thought provoking each time. thanks
Thank you, this was eye-opening.
Thank you for your channel🙏🫡
Mark Manson is my best author. I love his humor.🔥
The animation in this was 🤯🤯🤯🤯👏👏👏 incredible!!
There is safety in habits and routines, which allow one to think about more complicated matters.
That is a profound insight
This perfectly explains the way I've come to practice moral philosophy. I've always struggled to express the way my brain worked with words, so this is revolutionary for me. Thank you for this video, as it is so eloquently produced that you can use it as a basis explanation of humanity itself.
I've been on and off reading 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' and this video explains the ethics of Kant in a much simpler way than the author did.
5:33 is very much in line with what Pirsig writes on value. Something like: 'Facts do not exist until we assign value to them'.
The would is full of users, who see people as means to an end. Everyone has done it at some point, but for some it’s a way of life. The great irony is how they often see themselves as moral people.
They're the worst kind of people. Evil people who truly believe they are good.
The quandary that plagues man is the overwhelming desire to improve ones lot in life often requires canceling others quality of life.
Your explanation is great, but the art accompanying it elevates it to something more. I absolutely love it. Thank your for making it, and sharing it :)
Kant had the most profound and impactful mid life crisis in history
Affected our collective Kantiousness
Very good video. Thank you
He made a mistake not going to the beach.
A friend of mine recently rode one of his long time fave cycling loops in reverse for the first time. It was a completely different experience; the profiles of the hills were different in the reverse direction (this wasn't Mont Ventoux) and it turned something of a sufferfest into a more steady challenge.
People do like routine, but also the brain likes variety. I think Kant limiting his horizons was not the optimal approach, even if it was most efficient in terms of time and effort.
You're right, he should have made a trip to the beach.
@@lbrowning2543 "Fun is much under rated." Yes! This needs to be on a t-shirt!
Apparently this is just made up for this video.
@@inevski interesting - I will look into that. If so, that's just shoddy work.
"Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved" -Thomas S. Monson
The problem with attributing what Kant argued was the primary categorical imperative to Kant is that all he did was adapt and translate what was already known in many collectivist Eastern cultures and societies for in some cases a few thousand years prior into something more easily understood by individualist western cultures and societies. There is a parable originally attributed to the Japanese Buddhist monk Shoju Rojin that boils down to the answers to the three most important questions. The answers are as follows. The most important time is now, the most important people are those you are with now, and the most important thing to do at all times is to help the people you are with now. Couple that with the Buddhist focus on the act of acceptance and an unwavering intention of loving kindness, and you effectively the same argument that Kant proposed in individualist Western cultures and societies, but through a collectivist Eastern lens.
I think this observation is partly true but also not true. Asian culture suppresses individual expression. It isn't only that you should "be here now and serve the community" but implicit is a collectivist ethic: don't be different, don't stand out, remove your (ego) self, be no one going no where.
All cultures originate in a tribal family but in the West people moved around a lot (I don't know why) and I believe that translated into individual initiative being practiced but in the East they pretty much stayed in one place and perhaps there wasn't as much call for initiative.
You're onto something, although there are caveats to both eastern and western morality lessons, in watching the video it truly felt as if Kant was trying his best to breakdown the essence of "REAL" love (love of one's self, love of others) to make it more digestible for himself first then for everyone.
And clearly, it's worked. Look at it, Kant is long gone but still affecting millions since (if not billions) today. Impressive man.
Always remember to fly - first love yourself,
then treat everyone else as you would treat yourself in love.
It all starts with you, something to hope for (without manipulating others or lying to them or lying to yourself) that the essence of "REAL" love
“He invented the philosophy of aesthetics and beauty” are you serious?
Duh, obviously. No one had any idea what was and wasn't beautiful until Kant. Presumably some time travellers spread his word to other countries and times before he was born.
« The philosophy ».
What have you done except angry internet comments lately?
are you serious? You have yet to say otherwise
2 minutes in, this video is such bullsh!t.
An anti-social shut in robot who never saw the world, has practically no friends, credited for all progress ever made in human history and civilization.
Such retconning bullsh!t stronger than what Disney Star-Wars writers are able to pull off.
@@DeeDee-pw9pm The video explains that he began his routine at the age of 40, who's to say he didn't live and see the world beforehand? And it was a different era as well, not as easy to travel the world
You always manage to make magic with your art, combining this timeless wisdom that I haven’t dived in yet with the incredibly deep symbolism of your art to help us absorb the wisdom. I had to pause every now and then to let the words and art sink in. A truly marvel, thanks bro!
Excellent vid!!! I never realized the greatness of KANT, even though I believe and practice many of his philosophies!!!
This is amazing. So much of this stuff I've struggled to understand/acknowledge on my own, likely due to the extensive SA I lived through until I was around 12. It really is about seeing our own value... which is exactly what childhood abuse destroys, our ability to see value in ourselves.❤
i love your mindset and how you were able to aim for a positive outcome ❤️
i've spent my whole life as a people pleaser and only recently have i really come to understand the immorality of it and the harm it has caused. it is a weak and dishonest way to be.
Welcome to the dark side. Take a seat.
im in the same boat. Good luck, be strong
@communistsaregross3165 I think that's what he was saying. He's fed up pleasing people
@@hmq9052how is that indicative of going to the dark side?
@@bandolierboy1908 Well, he or she would be joining the hedonists. The libertines. The slothful pleasure seekers. The selfish. I mean it's dark. But there is glamour.
Ah yes, 'Kantciousness'
Kant was an absolute badass
My man Kant! I always found some of his ideas to be fatally flawed, but overall he has my respect as being someone who tried the hardest to find a path for everyone.
Try he did, then Hegel explained why it was futile
I like this new, more humorous approach, lol. I also believed for a while that prosperity of humanity stems from individuals rising to higher levels individually, not through changing institutions to produce common good.
The author Mark Manson, who narrates this video, has that nice humor in all his books, it's great.
Unfortunately, you need the power of institutions to protect the rights of others. Some institutions (existing power structures, capitalists, religious figures) seek to manipulate the minds of their masses, using those masses as a means to maintain power and influence.
The current fight over abortion access, for example, isn't fundamentally a religious battle, but the religious voters are being weaponized by people who want to control female sexual empowerment. In a country without socialized healthcare, it should be wrong to force a family to birth a truly non-productive child. That sounds harsh, but consider that society accepts none of the burden yet takes the choice of accepting or rejecting the burden away from the mother/parents and their doctors. When institutions are weaponized against humanity, humanity must change institutions to enable freedom of individual choice.
The philosophy is spot on. These are the words for the thoughts that I’ve been trying to properly structure.
It's not spot on he's literary saying that base of every economic system is bad
Kant is the penultimate Ethical Humanist. His rigid routine worked for him but I never encountered any of his writings that promoted such a routine for others.
I do employ his philosophies to reach the conclusion that I will stay home and make my own black bean burrito from healthy, home-grown ingredients. I think he and I could discuss the reasoning behind my modern conclusion versus his conclusion of walking to a public house for dinner.
In Kant's day, a home kitchen used both more resources and more human labor. A public house was a more rational way of using fewer resources and limiting the use of other humans for their labor. In my day, I do not support child labor, minimum wage, or manufactured faux-foods because these are unethical choices for humanity. When adult humans make my burrito from healthy ingredients and are paid enough to live on, then I might pay the true cost of a marketplace burrito. Desire is simply not an ethical reason to drive to a fast food market for a burrito.
Ayn Rand referred to Kant as the "most evil man in history".
Of course she did. Self-sacrifice was not in her calculation.
That's not strange he's literary saying that foundations of economy are bad
Beautifully made video!
2 small objections:
One of your pictures (12:25) does not show Kant, but Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi.
And: According to Kant, people may be used as a means (bringing a burrito/ sex/ work/ earning money ...), but not *only* as a means, but always at the same time as an end in itself.
Hello.
Do you mean driving together to get the burrito? Borrowing money from a Friend to buy burritos(and flowers)? Buying flowers on wedding anniversary... both enjoy sex?
@@r.l.edgington6533 Hello. Kant considers the individual action. This is moral if it is done out of pure respect for the moral law (= categorical imperative). If the action is motivated by inclinations or expected consequences, it is not moral, but only legal. Only actions that contradict the moral law, i.e. the categorical imperative, are illegal and therefore forbidden. According to Kant, it would therefore neither be illegal to buy a burrito nor to have consensual sex. If you are interested in Kant: I'm currently making a short video series about his ethics on my channel 😉.
There is so much value packed into this short video, just incredible
I've been going through a lot lately as a university student, debt, family, expectations, all that good stuff. Kant's wisdom have gave me the motivation I needed to persevere. Thank you for this video.
Never treating someone as a means but an as end themselves is probably a good version of humanity and respect put as a rule.
so having doctors is a means to stopping people dying?
Ussles wersions of humanity capitalism won't work if we don't threat people as means