Morality and a Meaningful Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8064253 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laurence Thomas (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 405-427 |
| Publication date | 2005-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophical Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0556-8641 • E-ISSN: 1996-8523 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/05568640509485165 |
| OpenAlex | W2036107259 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
I aim to capture the intuition that the moral person is, in virtue of being such, favored over the immoral person to lead a meaningful life. I argue that the reason for this is that the moral person is open to affirmation from others in a way that the immoral person is not. Central to the argument is the idea of psychological health. Being affirmed by others is a fundamental aspect of being psychologically healthy. Thus, I say that being moral and being psychologically healthy dovetail with respect to leading a meaningful life. With this argument regarding psychological health I draw upon, and extend, P.F. Strawson's seminal essay ‘Freedom and Resentment’. Also in this regard, I extend Wittgenstein's argument against the possibility of a private language to social behavior generally
Argument (complex analysis · Epistemology · Intuition · Moral responsibility · Morality · Resentment · Virtue · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Medicine · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Law · Philosophy · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2023 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |