> They just sort of wake up and do whatever on autopilot and go to sleep and whatever happens to them happens. What's that all about?
I absolutely agree, and commend your focus on understanding over condemnation. Despite all the justifiably condescending responses to your post, you have the right attitude towards truth.
My simple answer is that humans do not possess truly persistent (much less consistent!) consciousness, and that the concepts of "vice" and "virtue" are nothing more than imperfect social tools. Of course we can't abandon them altogether, but the questions "Where does gluttony end and eating disorders begin?" and "Where does laziness end and ADHD begin?" are in the midst of reshaping some very fundamental assumptions in our society, IMHO. The related question "Where does self-pity/envy end and Major Depressive Disorder begin?" has seen huge changes over the past 1-2 decades (in some nations), and I believe the former two will follow a similar trajectory.
In other words/TLDR: it's objectively challenging to balance competing priorities, where I mean "objectively" in an empirical, population-observation, sociological sense. Very few people have, like, an intellectual argument for not working out/eating right.
As a somewhat tangential point, I'd say your three tracks aren't the only reasonable way one could organize their life (again, assuming you have the capability to even get to that point). For example, I spend a lot of time worrying about politics, society, and my impact therein; otherwise, many people spend most of their time worrying about providing for/guiding/safeguarding their family, and a lot of young people (my past self included!) spend most of their day thinking about the social track in a much more anxious, peer-esteem-related way than you seem to.
None of these are necessarily better or worse than others, but I think it reminds of an important truth: philosophy is not solved. If you feel confident that it has, I encourage you to think back on previous times in your life where you felt the same, only for your whole outlook to change in the intervening years ;)
I absolutely agree, and commend your focus on understanding over condemnation. Despite all the justifiably condescending responses to your post, you have the right attitude towards truth.
My simple answer is that humans do not possess truly persistent (much less consistent!) consciousness, and that the concepts of "vice" and "virtue" are nothing more than imperfect social tools. Of course we can't abandon them altogether, but the questions "Where does gluttony end and eating disorders begin?" and "Where does laziness end and ADHD begin?" are in the midst of reshaping some very fundamental assumptions in our society, IMHO. The related question "Where does self-pity/envy end and Major Depressive Disorder begin?" has seen huge changes over the past 1-2 decades (in some nations), and I believe the former two will follow a similar trajectory.
In other words/TLDR: it's objectively challenging to balance competing priorities, where I mean "objectively" in an empirical, population-observation, sociological sense. Very few people have, like, an intellectual argument for not working out/eating right.
As a somewhat tangential point, I'd say your three tracks aren't the only reasonable way one could organize their life (again, assuming you have the capability to even get to that point). For example, I spend a lot of time worrying about politics, society, and my impact therein; otherwise, many people spend most of their time worrying about providing for/guiding/safeguarding their family, and a lot of young people (my past self included!) spend most of their day thinking about the social track in a much more anxious, peer-esteem-related way than you seem to.
None of these are necessarily better or worse than others, but I think it reminds of an important truth: philosophy is not solved. If you feel confident that it has, I encourage you to think back on previous times in your life where you felt the same, only for your whole outlook to change in the intervening years ;)