Bad Choices

Winfried · 8th July 2006, 12:22 AM

I've been thinking about this for quite some time now, and my answer to this question is no. For every choice you make (and I don't doubt choices can be made) creates a new situation. This situation can be pleasant, not so pleasant, what you expected, something quite different than your expectations etc. But there is a new situation. And new situations puts you to new chellenges, and without challenges life would be boring.
Example: A friend of mine didn't really like his job he had been doing for ten years or so. So without looking for a new job he quit his job and then started to look for a new one. This made him look for a job in places he would never have thought of looking, and he quite enjoys the job he found. So a choice which might've seemed like a bad decision, i.e. quitting a job without being sure of finding a new one, actually did improve the situation.
This has a negative side though, because of this way of viewing life, and espacially choice, I never feel any regret for the things I do. But then again, the things I do aren't all that bad.

Any views on this one?

TruthSeeker · 8th July 2006, 01:40 AM

You want to feel regret!?!?

Anyways... "bad" and "good" are completely relative and subjective terms...
I rather use something more absolute such as "beneficial"...

Oli · 8th July 2006, 03:00 AM

To someone who believes in fate, there cannot be regret, therefore cannot be bad choices. I agree.

buzzlightyear1982 · 8th July 2006, 09:32 AM

I disagree, for fate is simple an element woven nto our daily lives and like every other element in our lives we can choose to ignor it...therefor making an bad choose B)

scameter · 8th July 2006, 10:53 AM

I think it is relative, as are many such things, to the individual. For instance, a liberal society wouldn't consider sex bad, but a conservative Christian society would. And, sex is a choice.

Smurf · 8th July 2006, 01:20 PM

Well I don't believe in "good" or "bad"

scameter · 8th July 2006, 02:12 PM

And I personally believe in both the inherent existence of both and our conscience.

TruthSeeker · 8th July 2006, 02:16 PM

"Good" and "bad" are purely subjective. "Beneficial" is a more absolute term.

scameter · 8th July 2006, 02:21 PM

Nothing is absolute.

Smurf · 8th July 2006, 02:38 PM

nothing is relatively absolute

I don't believe in much anymore, but hey

8th July 2006, 12:22 AM	#1
Winfried Advanced Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oostvoorne, The Netherlands Posts: 326	I've been thinking about this for quite some time now, and my answer to this question is no. For every choice you make (and I don't doubt choices can be made) creates a new situation. This situation can be pleasant, not so pleasant, what you expected, something quite different than your expectations etc. But there is a new situation. And new situations puts you to new chellenges, and without challenges life would be boring. Example: A friend of mine didn't really like his job he had been doing for ten years or so. So without looking for a new job he quit his job and then started to look for a new one. This made him look for a job in places he would never have thought of looking, and he quite enjoys the job he found. So a choice which might've seemed like a bad decision, i.e. quitting a job without being sure of finding a new one, actually did improve the situation. This has a negative side though, because of this way of viewing life, and espacially choice, I never feel any regret for the things I do. But then again, the things I do aren't all that bad. Any views on this one? __________________ I would really like that fish you have there.

8th July 2006, 01:40 AM	#2
TruthSeeker Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 867	You want to feel regret!?!? Anyways... "bad" and "good" are completely relative and subjective terms... I rather use something more absolute such as "beneficial"... __________________ God has created children so that we may smile in the midst of tears..... A whole lifetime is not enough to explore the immesurable beauty that this universe has to offer. There's nothing more amusing then the high improbability of my own existance. If something is true, then that something is something quite out of the ordinary. "We make a living by what we get We make a life by what we give" -- Winston Churchill

8th July 2006, 01:20 PM	#6
Smurf Very Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Woodbridge, Tasmania Posts: 1,933	Well I don't believe in "good" or "bad" __________________ Teardrop on the fire Fearless on my breath

8th July 2006, 02:16 PM	#8
TruthSeeker Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 867	"Good" and "bad" are purely subjective. "Beneficial" is a more absolute term. __________________ God has created children so that we may smile in the midst of tears..... A whole lifetime is not enough to explore the immesurable beauty that this universe has to offer. There's nothing more amusing then the high improbability of my own existance. If something is true, then that something is something quite out of the ordinary. "We make a living by what we get We make a life by what we give" -- Winston Churchill

8th July 2006, 02:38 PM	#10
Smurf Very Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Woodbridge, Tasmania Posts: 1,933	nothing is relatively absolute I don't believe in much anymore, but hey __________________ Teardrop on the fire Fearless on my breath

8th July 2006, 03:00 AM	#3
Oli Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bradford, UK Posts: 36	To someone who believes in fate, there cannot be regret, therefore cannot be bad choices. I agree.

8th July 2006, 09:32 AM	#4
buzzlightyear1982 Advanced Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Posts: 341	I disagree, for fate is simple an element woven nto our daily lives and like every other element in our lives we can choose to ignor it...therefor making an bad choose B)

8th July 2006, 10:53 AM	#5
scameter Tankare Join Date: May 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 6,224	I think it is relative, as are many such things, to the individual. For instance, a liberal society wouldn't consider sex bad, but a conservative Christian society would. And, sex is a choice.

8th July 2006, 02:12 PM	#7
scameter Tankare Join Date: May 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 6,224	And I personally believe in both the inherent existence of both and our conscience.

8th July 2006, 02:21 PM	#9
scameter Tankare Join Date: May 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 6,224	Nothing is absolute.

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