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Meaning in Life and Why It Matters / Susan Wolf.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The University Center for Human Values Series ; 35Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691154503
  • 9781400834594
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 170 22
LOC classification:
  • BD431 .W77 2010eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Meaning in Life and Why It Matters -- Meaning in Life -- Why It Matters -- Comments and Response -- Comment -- Comment -- Comment -- Comment -- Response -- Contributors -- Index
Summary: Most people, including philosophers, tend to classify human motives as falling into one of two categories: the egoistic or the altruistic, the self-interested or the moral. According to Susan Wolf, however, much of what motivates us does not comfortably fit into this scheme. Often we act neither for our own sake nor out of duty or an impersonal concern for the world. Rather, we act out of love for objects that we rightly perceive as worthy of love--and it is these actions that give meaning to our lives. Wolf makes a compelling case that, along with happiness and morality, this kind of meaningfulness constitutes a distinctive dimension of a good life. Written in a lively and engaging style, and full of provocative examples, Meaning in Life and Why It Matters is a profound and original reflection on a subject of permanent human concern.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Meaning in Life and Why It Matters -- Meaning in Life -- Why It Matters -- Comments and Response -- Comment -- Comment -- Comment -- Comment -- Response -- Contributors -- Index

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Most people, including philosophers, tend to classify human motives as falling into one of two categories: the egoistic or the altruistic, the self-interested or the moral. According to Susan Wolf, however, much of what motivates us does not comfortably fit into this scheme. Often we act neither for our own sake nor out of duty or an impersonal concern for the world. Rather, we act out of love for objects that we rightly perceive as worthy of love--and it is these actions that give meaning to our lives. Wolf makes a compelling case that, along with happiness and morality, this kind of meaningfulness constitutes a distinctive dimension of a good life. Written in a lively and engaging style, and full of provocative examples, Meaning in Life and Why It Matters is a profound and original reflection on a subject of permanent human concern.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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