While reading the Schopenhauer chapter, I realized that Pojman was right in saying that he is really pessimistic, however he did make some interesting points. The first thing he seems to imply is that there is no such thing as heroes, their are just "moral people." When people do a good deed, (especially when their lives are put at risk) they are just acting on moral impulse, so it seems calling them a hero would be a bit much, maybe even absurd.
Another thing that sparked my interest was when Schopenhauer touched on the topic of sex. He makes it seems that a humans highest achievement is to reproduce. This goes hand in hand with a persons will to live. A person want to live , however they know physical eternal life is not possible, sooner or later we perish and return to the dirt from whence we came. However, value wise, morally, knowledge wise we want to survive; and the only way to do so is to reproduce and teach our offspring what we believe hoping that they will keep the values we have. I do questions Schopenhauer position on this, however. What is he really saying about sex and the role it plays in human nature and life? Is he saying that one of our primary functions as humans is to reproduce?
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