Meaning in Life and Why It Matters

TL;DR: Is it better to love better things? This question is ambiguous in multiple ways: (a) What kind of better do we have in mind? Prudential, moral, aesthetic, or some other kind of meaningful? (b) What do we mean by love? Do we simply mean liking, or are we asking about something more robust, such as care or romantic love?

TL;DR: The authors made a contribution to debates in recognition theory by expanding the taxonomy of (mis-)recognition in the economic sphere and argued that doing justice to the variety of ways in which misrecognition occurs in the real world is difficult.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare a variety of contemporary philosophical perspectives on life's meaning with what appears to be related nascent folk-metaphysical presuppositions in the world(s) of the biblical text.

TL;DR: The authors argue that coming to terms with our mortality and other limitations would add meaning to human life and provide humanity with a good ending and distinguish between two conceptions of how humanity could be meaningful: the traditional view and an alternative view.