A Meaningful life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6190928 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Shand (Department of Philosophy The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire MK7 6AA United Kingdom, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 434-444 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1210-3055 • E-ISSN: 1337-401X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/humaff-2019-0038 |
| OpenAlex | W2979942179 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
There can be no such thing as the meaningful life, but only a meaningful life for a particular life as it is lived. Thus, there are meaningful lives, which are lives that make sense and are sufficiently aligned, these two characteristics being honed successively by the limits of a particular contingent form of life, a particular individual of that form of life, and a particular time in the life of that individual. Only the form of a meaningful life may be given, which is sense and alignment, whereas its content may only be determined by the individual whose life it is
Epistemology · Meaningful life · Purpose in life · Religious life · Sociology · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |