The Importance of Guilt in Morality

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I feel like it entails continuity in a deeper way than right. And again, he's not denying that there is no Galen Strassen that existed 10 years ago. But I think that even what he's saying isn't enough for assessing the goodness of a life. Like you really shouldn't think of it as assessing a whole life. You should think of it more in terms of making the most out of individual experiences.

Do you think of your life as a story? Does your life have a narrative structure or form? Do you identify with your past selves and your future selves? If not, can you live a good life, a moral life, an authentic life? Can you feel guilt, regret, and resentment? Plus, speaking of stories, we talk about a new study suggesting that books with anthropomorphic animals can't teach moral lessons to kids.

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