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Paul Bloom on Psychological Hedonism,

Philosophy Bites

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Do You Have a Goal You Want to Achieve?

i think someo resting cases where people pursue something which causes them suffering when there isn't an obvious greater end. So i regularly do t a crosser puzzle, and i'm not actually particularly gifted at this, so i sit around and do a crosser puzzles. I spend a half hour working anus, struggling it through, and more often than not, i don't complete it. And this is not signalling. I'm not going to get mates by impressing people with my crossword puzzled skills. There's no good to it. But it seems to be a satisfying thing to pursue a goal and struggle with it. Now, again, hobbs could jump and say, ot more

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