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Self-Quiz 8.8
Susan Wolf: Meaning in Life
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Wolf thinks that meaningful lives are lives of active engagement in
projects of introspection.
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episodes of pleasure.
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projects of worth.
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projects of understanding.
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Wolf says that the opposites of active engagement are
excitement and interest.
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boredom and alienation.
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faith and eagerness.
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enthusiasm and concentration.
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Wolf says that "projects of worth" involve a commitment to some sort of
subjective value.
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social preference.
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personal choice.
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objective value.
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Wolf says that there can be no sense to the idea of meaningfulness without a distinction between more and less
worthwhile ways to spend one's time.
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enjoyable ways to spend one's time.
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perfect ways to spend one's time.
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profitable ways to spend one's time.
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