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I guess there are a few ways to interpret the question. I didn’t really mind which you do so. The two options below are what I am really thinking of.

\-If waking up on the side of a street fulfilled me 100%, and I owned nothing and had no one, yet stayed happy all the time, would I do anything else besides waking up and going to sleep in the same little corner?

\-If I had a routine that perfectly maximized happiness and satisfaction, and I never failed to follow this routine, would I dare rebel against this?

I’ve read a little about this issue in Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground. He believes that man cannot create a heaven on earth, since it is in man’s nature to delight in destruction from time to time.

Thank you for reading and responding. Apologize if I am too vague. Any response is appreciated.

(Thank you r/askphilosophy for not being like r/askpsychology or r/psychologytalk. I tried posting there, but their rules are authoritarian.)

I know the basic answer would be “Because you cause others to suffer,” but I am really hoping for other answers than that. For the suffering individual, why bother trying to reach enlightenment? Especially when you can just take the easy way out?

I hope this doesn’t sound stupid or anything. I am just a random guy interested primarily in Sartre and neuroscience.
I am recently getting back into Being and Nothingness after taking a break. In that break, I really began to become interested in neuroscience. One of the things that neuroscience heavily implies (though, of course, doesn’t prove) is that consciousness is most likely a function of the brain. And the brain, though not being determined absolutely, has many proclivities towards certain actions and attitudes.
Sartre states that consciousness, through negation, puts the burden of free choice onto man. But if consciousness is a product of the brain, and a brain is, say, more of one personality than another (since, according to Steven Pinker, all the main personality types are merely results of the way your brain is), then what choice is there? Consciousness is not a separate entity, or as the neuroscientists call it, a “ghost in the machine.” It cannot, as Sartre believes, truly measure itself against things. Besides, there’s some studies that indicate that consciousness is just a way to explain to ourselves the brains decision, and that it has no real impact.

I don’t know what type of answer I am expecting. Sorry if I am all over the place. But I feel like there’s some people who probably know more than me.

Idek what to say… do I need to retake it? I don’t know how stupid I am for forgetting stuff I learned 12 years ago, but here we are….