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Book Announcement: Meaning in Life and Why It Matters by Wolf

By Larry Solum

<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; "><p><span style="font-family: arial; "><strong>Meaning in Life and Why It Matters</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; "><strong>Susan Wolf</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; "><strong>Introduction by Stephen Macedo<br />With commentary by John Koethe, Robert M. Adams, Nomy Arpaly & Jonathan Haidt<br /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; ">To read the entire book description or the introduction, please visit: <a href="http://press.princeton.edu/lists/lt.php?id=fhgMVldVDlNaSgFRX0VXAFZS" style="color: #2a5db0; " target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: underline; ">http://press.princeton.edu/<wbr />titles/9150.html</span></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; ">Most people, including philosophers, tend to classify human motives as falling into one of two categories: the egoistic or the altruistic, the self-interested or the moral. According to Susan Wolf, however, much of what motivates us does not comfortably fit into this scheme. Often we act neither for our own sake nor out of duty or an impersonal concern for the world. Rather, we act out of love for objects that we rightly perceive as worthy of love--and it is these actions that give meaning to our lives. Wolf makes a compelling case that, along with happiness and morality, this kind of meaningfulness constitutes a distinctive dimension of a good life.</span></p></span>

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on April 02, 2010 (boomark / email).