Is the Unexamined Life Worth Living?

Socrates is credited with saying that the unexamined life is not worth living. But you reject the idea - why? Well, i became a philosopher partly by chance, no doubt,. because that's what i'm one of the subjects i studied at e university. And i must say, i've never really believed that philosophy could guide life the way that many philosophers have. We inherit the belief that morality in its highest form means altruism, or living for others. Empathy, in this tradition, the heart of the good life. Cats, on the other hand, except where their kittens are concerned, show few signs of sharing the feelings of others. They may sense when their human