The inability to experience regret is one of the diagnostic characteristics of sociopaths.
Kathryn SchulzRegret doesn't remind us that we did badly, it reminds us that we know that we could do better.
Kathryn SchulzI had drunk our great cultural Kool-Aid about regret, which is that lamenting things that occurred in the past is an absolute waste of time, that we should always look forward and not backward, and that one of the noblest and best things we can do is strive to live a life free of regrets.
Kathryn SchulzFirst, philosophy concerns itself with all kinds of issues that don't get much airtime in day-to-day life. What's the nature of reality? Can we ever truly know anything, and if so, how? What does it mean to be a moral agent? And while we're at it, is there any such thing as agency anyway?
Kathryn Schulz