Life is predictable yet unpredictable, so yeah, it's irrational. I don't know how all knowledge can be contained within one individual, but maybe as a collective conscious it is possible.[\quote]
How does an unpredictable element make it irrational? Since absolute predictability requires omniscience (a quality unique of God), it seems obvious that the only irrationality involved is postulating that we require to possess such a quality.
It depends on the accusation and whether I was guilty of the crime.
He made his choices in life, I make my own. There's also the moral aspect to be considered--are our choices merely directed by potential consequence? As an example, I think it immoral to murder.
Hence ...
The prisioner may have his life, and you may have yours, but is it merely a case of his life being "different" when there is a (rational) desire on your part not to unnecessarily trade places?
I think you eventually reach a point where you accept your limitations and give gratitude for what you do have rather than what you don't have. We can use other people as inspiration to further ourselves.
That moving forward is a based on values, with a clear idea (although not necessarily accurate idea) of what constitutes as our ultimate benefit.
Rational life involves pursuing values that actually provide ultimate benefit. Irrational life involves pursuing values that fail to provide such benefit.
Thus, the difference between irrational and rational existence is as simple as knowing where our ultimate benefit lies and possessing the fortitude to be obedient to such a realization.
