Ep 26, Guilt

As an extension of philosophical existentialism or on a more surface level a kind of psychology; we relate to guilt as an extension of a moral obligation of character. However, we don't simply feel guilt solely in arbitrary instances of subjective moral decision making. Rather at its very core; we experience guilt because it's strongly connected to the fundamental condition in which we find ourselves as human beings. In other words, I feel guilty because I am human. And to be human is to have to constantly reflect on the fact that that "one day I am going to die". And because of this fact, we carry the burden of existence. In so which we almost owe it to ourselves to be more productive, love more, say more, live better, all so we can die easier. Guilt is about taking a moment to examine how we stand up next to our own potential for a life where we truly gave it everything we had, and to be ultimately humbled by the excruciating reality that we may die never being able to live up that person. As Ernest Becker says "Guilt results from unused life, from the 'unlived' in us". And it is from this definition that we will build our conversation today.