TY  - GEN
ID  - cogprints4541
UR  - http://cogprints.org/4541/
A1  - Thomas, Laurence
TI  - Morality and a Meaningful Life
Y1  - 2005/09//
N2  - This essay aims to capture the intuition that the moral person is, in virtue of being such, favored over the immoral person to lead a meaningful life.  It is argued 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 that idea of psychological health.  Being affirmed by others is a fundamental aspect of being psychologically health.  Thus, being moral and being psychologically healthy are said to dovetail with respect to leading a meaningful life.  The argument regarding psychological health draws upon, and extends, P. F. Strawson?s seminal essay ?Freedom and Resentment?.  Also in this regard, Wittgenstein?s argument against the possibility of a private language is extended to social behavior generally.  
AV  - public
KW  - P. F. Strawon
KW  -  Wittgenstein
KW  -  affirmation. meaningful life
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