Philosophy › Section H · Value theory › Topic H.4
Well-being and a meaningful life
What makes a life go well for the person living it, and what makes it meaningful? The two questions overlap but are not the same, and philosophers in many traditions have given rival answers to each.
In this topic
- What is good for a person
- Hedonism
- The experience machine
- Desire satisfaction
- Objective lists
- Eudaimonia across traditions
- Worked example: three theories, one life
- Meaning in life
- Wolf, the absurd and Frankl
- Worked example: two lives
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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