A puzzle about meaning and luck
This article raises a puzzle about luck and meaning in life. The puzzle shows that, in certain cases involving luck, standard intuitions about the meaningfulness of various lives conflict with basic theoretical assumptions about the nature of meaning. After setting out the puzzle, several options fo...
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sg-smu-ink.soss_research-47972022-02-23T08:07:28Z A puzzle about meaning and luck HAMMERTON, Matthew This article raises a puzzle about luck and meaning in life. The puzzle shows that, in certain cases involving luck, standard intuitions about the meaningfulness of various lives conflict with basic theoretical assumptions about the nature of meaning. After setting out the puzzle, several options for resolving it are developed and evaluated. 2022-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3539 info:doi/10.1111/rati.12330 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4797/viewcontent/A_puzzle_about_meaning_and_luck.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University achievement final value luck meaning in life personal value Digital Humanities |
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This article raises a puzzle about luck and meaning in life. The puzzle shows that, in certain cases involving luck, standard intuitions about the meaningfulness of various lives conflict with basic theoretical assumptions about the nature of meaning. After setting out the puzzle, several options for resolving it are developed and evaluated. |
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