The Meaning of Life Satisfaction - Mostafa Malekian

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How do we find a light to keep living by in dark times of war and hardship? Mostafa Malekian, a philosopher and intellectual who has researched moral and existential philosophy and psychology for decades, was our guest in the first episode of Baziya's fourth season to talk about ways to endure these hard times. But how can you feel happy when there seems to be no hope? Happiness has been humanity's most important question for centuries, and people have always looked for a way not to lose themselves in difficult circumstances and to stand firm against life's waves. But what is happiness? What is this happiness we're all chasing, and how can we reach it? Do we become happy by getting more things? Are we happy if we're always enjoying ourselves? If you too are looking for a glimmer that opens up your view of life and of happiness, don't miss this episode. Our sponsor is Vitabiotics. Start and opening words 00:00 What does happiness mean to us? 03:20 The difference between satisfaction and pleasure? 05:31 Do satisfaction and pleasure overlap? 08:48 The effect of society on satisfaction and pleasure? 10:04 The conditions for gaining satisfaction and pleasure? 12:40 In societies where economic, cultural and social conditions have taken satisfaction away from people, what should people do? 18:10 Can people who are content create new frameworks for pleasure? 20:51 The seven conditions of satisfaction? 23:51 The first condition (take on work that isn't beyond our ability). 24:08 The second condition (to be satisfied, do the greatest work I'm capable of). 25:35 The third condition (I'm satisfied with my work when I don't abandon what I started). 27:27 The fourth condition (don't expect things from people). 29:46 The fifth condition (accepting that wherever we work, the country's laws govern us). 31:17 The sixth condition (if a law is in line with moral standards, we must follow it even if anyone, even the Leader, says not to). 36:30 The seventh condition (we must make our life decisions ourselves). 37:41 What's the argument behind claiming satisfaction through seven conditions? 39:14 How do personal ethics and ideology connect here? 39:53 What are society's sources of norms? 43:10 What does ideological thinking mean? 49:36 What does the sentence «out of loyalty to ethics I want to take on the law» mean? 52:32 Ethics must come from a person's own moral discovery and intuition. 53:55 Do the points where our government forces us to do things keep us from happiness? 56:32 What is the three-level hierarchy in ethics? 1:00:49 Must a contract necessarily be written or spoken? 1:01:57 Is happiness, seen as satisfaction, a personal or a collective thing? 1:03:23 Explaining «a cut-off tongue»! 1:07:20 How has the definition of happiness changed over different eras? 1:12:25 What is «destination-ism»? 1:13:45 How much does happiness matter? 1:16:36 Can civil disobedience help reform society under this government? 1:18:48 Civil resistance and its capacity? 1:23:31 How can the rise of a Stalin be prevented? 1:27:57 What does homeland mean to you today? 1:32:40 Why shouldn't any country attack ours, or, if we attacked any country, why should we defend our own? 1:35:53 More than anything, what in life is worth fighting for to you? 1:38:55 Things you've done in the last 24 hours? 1:22:43 Find us online: Twitter (X) Telegram Instagram

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