PHIL 1200 Lecture Notes - Susan R. Wolf, The Rubber Band, Busdriver
19 Mar 2014
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Susan wolf proposes what we may call (and what she herself calls, in later writings) a. Fitting fulfillment view of what it is for life to have a meaning: Wolf"s fitting fulfillment view: ___________________________________________________________________ A person is actively engaged by something if she is gripped, excited, involved by it. Most obviously, we are actively engaged by the things and people about which and whom we are passionate. To be actively engaged in something is not always pleasant in the ordinary sense of the word. However, there is something good about the feeling of engagement: one feels (typically without thinking about it) especially alive. (232- 3) So much for the notion of active engagement. What does wolf mean by that? life has a meaning to the extent that it involves active engagement with projects of worth. feeling ful llment in doing certain activities; beingenthused or passionate about those activities. Essentially she means activities (endeavors, pursuits, etc. ) that have __________________________
