Slasher
Suck It
Here's how I feel about the question posed in this thread:
In the most basic sense, humans are animals. Animals all share many common things, but one thing I'd like to point out is that all animals have instincts. Many animals live exclusively off of their instincts and nothing more (Eg. Animals mate off instinct). However, fortunately, humans have the ability to act beyond their basic instincts (thank you advanced brain) thus not making humans entirely reliant on their instincts. Looking at it from this perspective, I'd say the most fundamental meaning of life is to survive.
It's something which all animals share - they all aim to survive and reproduce; or in the case of natural selection, when an animal is in danger, animals have a whole slew of mechanisms aimed at combating these threats for survival.
What's the most primitive meaning of life? I'd probably go with survival.
Now with human's having the most advanced piece of equipment on this planet out of all other animals - a highly developed brain capable of rational thought, problem solving, language, among many other things - human's tend to construct what the meaning of life means to them based on social circumstances. eg. Live in a capitalist society? The meaning of life is to earn as much money as possible to achieve 'success'. Or what if you lived with a secluded community on some unknown island? The meaning of life to you would be to do whatever duties are assigned of you to be a part of that society. Or what if you believe in god? The meaning of life to you might be to follow the commandments of this figure.
I feel like the meaning of life can be interpreted to be whatever human's make it to be with "morality and self-awareness" playing a factor as well as social/cultural values, traditions, and norms in their social circumstances.
Get what I'm saying? The meaning of life can't be singled out to one common meaning agreed upon by all human beings on this planet. It's whatever you make of it. People of similar cultures and social circumstances may have a general consensus about what the meaning of life means to them, but a universal meaning is rather ignorant of the thousands of other cultures among this planet.
In the most basic sense, humans are animals. Animals all share many common things, but one thing I'd like to point out is that all animals have instincts. Many animals live exclusively off of their instincts and nothing more (Eg. Animals mate off instinct). However, fortunately, humans have the ability to act beyond their basic instincts (thank you advanced brain) thus not making humans entirely reliant on their instincts. Looking at it from this perspective, I'd say the most fundamental meaning of life is to survive.
It's something which all animals share - they all aim to survive and reproduce; or in the case of natural selection, when an animal is in danger, animals have a whole slew of mechanisms aimed at combating these threats for survival.
What's the most primitive meaning of life? I'd probably go with survival.
Now with human's having the most advanced piece of equipment on this planet out of all other animals - a highly developed brain capable of rational thought, problem solving, language, among many other things - human's tend to construct what the meaning of life means to them based on social circumstances. eg. Live in a capitalist society? The meaning of life is to earn as much money as possible to achieve 'success'. Or what if you lived with a secluded community on some unknown island? The meaning of life to you would be to do whatever duties are assigned of you to be a part of that society. Or what if you believe in god? The meaning of life to you might be to follow the commandments of this figure.
I feel like the meaning of life can be interpreted to be whatever human's make it to be with "morality and self-awareness" playing a factor as well as social/cultural values, traditions, and norms in their social circumstances.
Get what I'm saying? The meaning of life can't be singled out to one common meaning agreed upon by all human beings on this planet. It's whatever you make of it. People of similar cultures and social circumstances may have a general consensus about what the meaning of life means to them, but a universal meaning is rather ignorant of the thousands of other cultures among this planet.