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Ferry argues that in their place, love is the only ideal that has transformed human lives in significant and unrecognisable ways, by permeating both the private and public spheres. He holds that love has become the central value in society, the new principle of meaning and the good life.
- What We Mean by ‘Meaning’
The Meaning of Life. What We Mean by ‘Meaning’. Aaron...
- What We Mean by ‘Meaning’
An introduction to concerns expressed by the perennial philosophical question, “What is the meaning of life?” Students will be familiarized with the major philosophical approaches to life’s meaning through a consideration of various contemporary and late modern works in the philosophy of life.
This article critically evaluates the notion of the meaning of life. I suggest that life's meaning has to do with a personal, subjective interpretation, and that religion is an essentially intersubjective interpretation that consists of systematic anthropomorphism.
- John Cottingham
This book is a collection of all the papers and essays published in the Special Issue “Philosophy and Meaning in Life: International Perspectives Vol.1,” Journal of Philosophy of Life, Vol.9, No.1, 2019, pp.1-97.
“The meaning of life is to seek union with God”—oh yeah, that one. “A meaningful life is a full and productive life”—sure. “The purpose of life is to pursue the task of giving meaning to life”—thanks a lot. “The meaning of life is love”—yawn. “The meaning of life is spiritual perfection”—the upward and onward trip.
The lecture introduces the “meaning of life” question via Tolstoy’s Confession, then considers the strengths and limitations of religious and secular answers to the question. Tolstoy’s question. Our question is: what is the meaning of life? A question people who’ve never studied philosophy often take as their caricature of the discipline.
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The Meaning of Life. What We Mean by ‘Meaning’. Aaron Brooks* Abstract. There are two types of arguments found in the literature on existential meaning: (1) debates over existential meaning as a concept; and (2) debates over conceptions of existential meaning.
