PHIL 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Axiology

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1200
• Professor: David Matheson

Document Summary

This idea of imitating jesus christ was explored in considerable detail by the 19th century danish philosopher s ren kierkegaard, as quinn notes. It also fits with the meaning of the term christian, viz. , little christ. But quinn has suggested that teleological meaning isn"t all there is to life"s having a (full or complete) meaning; life must have axiological meaning as well. This is a problem, because, on the face of things, a life spent imitating jesus won"t (or at any rate will be very unlikely to) yield much axiological meaning. After all, living a life that is full of the willing acceptance of suffering and being found offensive seems to be anything but a life that is filled with happiness or goodness for the person leading the life. But then, quinn argues, there"s another part of the christian story about the meaning of life: the afterlife.