rampstyle / issue

Immanuel Kant would not have bought this issue of rampstyle. In Kantian ethics, man is bound by duty, and it is irrelevant whether he is happy or not. A nasty trap – and deeply entrenched in our culture to this day. Unfortunately, we usually don’t realize it – and so we celebrate security and efficiency as supreme goods. But that was it with the partying. The important thing, according to the combative Austrian philosopher Robert Pfaller, is that we are not constantly afraid of death. What we should fear instead is living a bad life. Life must be lived, not thought. It’s not the “why” that counts, it’s the “what for”. In other words: we should be asking ourselves what life is worth living for. The best way is to open ourselves up to and enjoy the latest insights on the subject from the perspectives of psychology, philosophy and evolutionary theory. Sex, food, art, joy and fun – and how pleasure works in general. Inspired by a book by Canadian American psychologist Paul Bloom. The result is a publication about pleasure and joie de vivre Because we felt it would make us happy.