PHIL 1100 : Susan WOLF
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Meaning in life susan wolf y 1997 article happiness and meaning two aspects of life . defines meaning of life, instinct (longing) for people {page 232} y claims a paradigms in her culture (meaningful and meaningless examples) y y. Active engagement (great, excitingly involved) in projects of worth (objective values) (page 232) y subjective values tends to be shallow y two objective values: great intellectual accomplishments y projects of worth; friends, personal virtues (charity) and religious values (examples) {also objective} y meeting a movie star, crossword puzzles, video games, just amusements not satisfying deep meaning in meaning of life y distinguishes active engagement but no projects of worth, or vice versa (example: doctors, driving a school bus) engaged projects of worth but no active engagement y. Meaning arises when subjective attraction meets objective attractiveness . being a doctor is objective attractiveness (saves lives, helping people)