The Meaning of Life, Equality and Eternity

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作者：

Ingmar Persson

Julian Savulescu

机构：

[1] Göteborg University,The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics

[2] University of Oxford,Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities

[3] University of Oxford,undefined

[4] Murdoch Children’s Research Institute,undefined

[5] Melbourne Law School,undefined

来源：

The Journal of Ethics | 2019年 / 23卷

关键词：

Meaning of life; Value of life; Equality of; From Eternity; Susan Wolf;

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摘要：

We present an analysis of a notion of the meaning of life, according to which our lives have meaning if we spend them intentionally producing what has value for ourselves or others. In this sense our lives can have meaning even if a science-inspired view of the world is correct, and they are only transient phenomena in a vast universe. Our lives are more or less meaningful in this sense due to the difference in value for ourselves and others we intentionally create while leading them. These inequalities are morally unjustifiable because they are ultimately due to factors beyond our responsibility and control. But from the point of view of eternity these differences in meaningfulness and value dwindle to insignificance, and this offers some consolation for the unjustifiable inequalities.

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页码：223 / 238

页数：15