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Meaning Is Its Own Dimension
- Meaning is a distinct dimension of a good life separate from happiness or morality.
- It answers whether a life has a point beyond pleasure or moral worth.
Costume, Article: Two Meaningful Projects
- Susan Wolf describes making an elaborate Halloween costume for her daughter as meaningful despite lost sleep.
- She also recounts working obsessively on a philosophy article out of devotion, not external reward.
Both Passion And Value Matter
- Meaning requires both subjective attraction and objective value properly linked.
- Loving an activity alone or its objective worth alone doesn't produce meaningfulness.