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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.
“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 meaning of life is what you can wish to happen in the most favourable case in an unforeseeably faraway future, without having to rely on a God (or something alike), a hereafter or the immateriality of your own person, and the attempt of contributing in the most effective way to its fulfilment.
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Let me begin with some examples of the sort of reasons and motives I have in mind – reasons and motives that are not best understood in terms of their contributions either to our happiness or to our sense of what impersonal reason or morality demands.
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The Meaning of Life is the Pursuit of Love Heidi Cobham* Abstract. What is the meaning of life? In this paper, I defend the claim that love, either in part or in full, is the answer to this question. As love occupies such an overarching and central position within human existence, I believe it plays a fundamental role in our understanding of life.
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May 15, 2007 · Examples include downshifting (Levy 2005), implementing genetic enhancements (Agar 2013), making achievements (Bradford 2015), getting an education (Schinkel et al. 2015), interacting with research participants (Olson 2016), automating labor (Danaher 2017), and creating children (Ferracioli 2018).
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Abstract. In Meaning in Life (2013, Oxford University Press), Thaddeus Metz presents a robust and innovative naturalistic account of what makes an individual’s life objectively meaningful. Metz discusses six existing arguments for purpose theory of meaning in life and offers objections to each of these arguments.
