Single Idea 20172

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom]

Full Idea

The threat of boredom is the dissolution of the evaluative dimension of our life.

Gist of Idea

Boredom destroys our ability to evaluate

Source

John Kekes (The Human Condition [2010], 09.1)

Book Reference

Kekes,John: 'The Human Condition' [OUP 2010], p.187


A Reaction

This seems right. If nothing is interesting, then there is no scale of values left, except perhaps 'of possible interest to other people'.