Imagine you have a nephew or niece. Of course, you want their life to go as well as possible. Describe some specific features, events, or accomplishments you would hope for them to have in their life.
Choose one objective (or hybrid) and one subjective view of the good life that we’ve discussed and explain thoroughly how each would judge the life you described.
Choose what you take to be the best pessimistic argument from those we discussed (from Seneca, Pascal, Schopenhauer, or Kraut) and do the following:
Present the argument;
Explain why it poses an obstacle to your niece/nephew realizing the good life you described in B.1;
Is it possible to overcome this obstacle (B.3.a)? Explain how it is or why it isn’t.
Describe some specific features, events, or accomplishments you would hope for them to have in their life. Explain why it poses an obstacle to your niece/nephew realizing the good life you described in B.1.
