There is a growing consensus among social scientists and philosophers alike that a sense of life’s meaning and purpose is a key aspect of flourishing, and one that is not reducible either to happiness ...

Psychological and philosophical studies have long shown that a person's subjective moods and emotions have a significant impact on how they experience the "meaning in life." Philosopher Matthew ...

Most modern philosophical discussions of meaning in life take value to constitute meaningfulness. The intuition behind these discussions is that if we want to make a life meaningful, we should enhance ...

One viewpoint: Without the idea of cosmic order or divine design, life will lack depth, direction, framework, moral foundation, purpose, etc. It will lose human aspiration and significance, reverence ...

All my life I've studied and worked hard, but I've realised that there's much more to life than that. I've slowly come to realise that it's not about happiness, wealth or material success either. But ...

When the meaning of life is brought up, the usual attitude towards it is mystification. Few people in modern times take the meaning of life for granted. They assume that it is the same as the mystery ...