平凡而有意义的人生

IF 0.8 2区哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY

Journal of the American Philosophical Association Pub Date : 2022-08-17 DOI:10.1017/apa.2022.19

Joshua Glasgow

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摘要

人们普遍认为，我们有充分的理由努力成为重要人物。成为一个重要人物或做一些有意义的事情是为了给我们的生活增加价值。特别是，它应该使我们的生活格外有意义。本文提出了另一种观点。在探索了什么是重要以及它与生活意义之间的关系之后，我们提出了一系列的案例来验证重要并不会给我们的生活增加意义的观点。有意义的生活确实需要有价值的项目、活动和人际关系。但是，那些特别重要的项目、活动和关系并不能保证额外的意义。不平凡的人生不比平凡的人生更有意义。

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The Ordinary Meaningful Life

It is widely thought that we have good reason to try to be important. Being important or doing significant things is supposed to add value to our lives. In particular, it is supposed to make our lives exceptionally meaningful. This essay develops an alternative view. After exploring what importance is and how it might relate to meaning in life, a series of cases are presented to validate the perspective that being important adds no meaning to our lives. The meaningful life does need valuable projects, activities, and relationships. But no added meaning is secured by those projects, activities, and relationships being especially significant. The extraordinary life has no more meaning than the ordinary life.

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association PHILOSOPHY-

CiteScore

2.50

自引率

10.00%

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期刊介绍： Appearing quarterly in print and online, the Journal of the American Philosophical Association provides a platform for original work in all areas of philosophy. The Journal aims to publish compelling papers written in a way that can be appreciated by philosophers of every persuasion and to review papers quickly (typically within 30 days of submission) and fairly (using a triple anonymous review system), encouraging succinct, constructive reports. Papers are published online early via FirstView (typically within 8 weeks of acceptance).