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Susan Wolf on Meaning in Life

Jul 4, 2010
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INSIGHT

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.
ANECDOTE

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.
INSIGHT

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.
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