Can Individualism Cure Loneliness?

Posted by DrEdwardHudgins 9 years ago to Philosophy
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Loneliness can lead to serious health problems. But the communities we choose must serve us as individuals.

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  • Posted by DrEdwardHudgins 9 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I suspect yes. To begin with, individuals are alienated from themselves. They don't attend to their own aspirations. Imagine Peter Keating in The Fountainhead, who enjoyed art early on but gave it up for a profession that he didn't particularly like but that his mother and "society" thought would be prestigious--""prestige" meaning would get the approval of others. Peter ended up truly lonely inside.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years ago
    I wonder if communities and relationships based on selflessness actually cause a form of loneliness.
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