The Importance of Philosophy in Human Life

Dr. Michael Hurd is interviewed by writer Joseph Kellard

Have you ever achieved a long-term goal of value to you? If you have, then imagine your life without any of these things. Imagine the emptiness, the desperation, the unspeakable boredom you would feel. This will give you an inkling of what it is like for the irrational, range-of-the-moment person, who may feel he's acting in his self-interest, but is actually making his life miserable in the short-and the long-run.

Why does self-esteem require work, not words? ... Is religion useful and necessary? ... Why do so many yearn for the concept of a God? ...

This and much more is revealed in this provocative discussion.