Publish at May 08 2024 Updated May 08 2024
"Enjoy them! These are the best years of your life!" We've all heard these words when we were in our late teens and early adulthood. The message being that things don't get as exciting after that, and that growing old is just a long series of disillusions. A rather nihilistic message, which may explain why so many people find it hard to call themselves adults.
American philosopher Susan Neiman has noted the paradoxes of a society that continues to infantilize adults. What is the new iPhone or the latest car from a car manufacturer if not toys designed to make us forget the state of the world?
Meanwhile, we mock those who would like to change it, claiming that their wishes are childish, impractical and so on. This reversal of fortune has raised the philosopher's eyebrows, as she picks up on Kant's assertion that adulthood involves seeing the world both as it is and as it should be, and working to bring these two visions closer together. This is admittedly more uncomfortable, but would be a truly mature approach that would allow us not to betray ourselves as we grow up.
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