#human-flourishing

#human-flourishing

AI is designed to make people not think. But why study philosophy at university if you don't want to think - if you don't want to sharpen your critical abilities - and instead outsource them to a mindless AI program? In these moments, both his students' studies and his own role as a teacher feel less meaningful.

We all desire to be loved. We only fully flourish when we are loved. Being loved affirms our goodness as human persons. Our search for love shapes so many of our actions and pursuits. Some have even suggested that all of our reasons for action arise from love, and that all of our various emotions and passions are ultimately grounded in love.