Achievements are important for many of us, but it does not follow that our lives cannot be meaningful without them. In this chapter Hauskeller argues for a more pluralistic understanding of meaning, which acknowledges the agent-relativity of meaning and avoids the faulty generalisation of assuming that what makes life meaningful for most must make life meaningful for all. There are many sources of meaning. Which of them we can and do tap into depends on who we are, in what kind of situation we find ourselves, and what we need to make sense of it. This may not always be easy, but because we are not dependent on one particular source of meaning, meaning can almost always be found, even under the most adverse circumstances.

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Towards a Pluralistic Account of Meaning in Life

  • Michael Hauskeller

摘要

Achievements are important for many of us, but it does not follow that our lives cannot be meaningful without them. In this chapter Hauskeller argues for a more pluralistic understanding of meaning, which acknowledges the agent-relativity of meaning and avoids the faulty generalisation of assuming that what makes life meaningful for most must make life meaningful for all. There are many sources of meaning. Which of them we can and do tap into depends on who we are, in what kind of situation we find ourselves, and what we need to make sense of it. This may not always be easy, but because we are not dependent on one particular source of meaning, meaning can almost always be found, even under the most adverse circumstances.