... some of its ethical implications. infinite ethics ethical significance meaning in life consequentialism/non-consequentialism existential risk longtermism Abstract This paper focuses on an underexplored challenge in infinite ethics. On realistic assumptions, if our universe is infinite, every...

... aspects of individuals’ lives (eg, physical activity, mood, and social support ^4–7 ), severely diminishing a person’s ability to engage in activities that promote meaning in life. However, it is not well understood how believing that one can live a meaningful life despite pain might contribute...

... suggest might be a necessary ingredient for living a meaningful life. By a ‘meaningful life’, we mean a life of flourishing, or what is sometimes called a ‘good life’. Peak experiences, social connectedness, mastery, and purpose have been argued to be important ingredients in flourishing ( Seligman 2011...

... mentioned above was shared with students, which encourages them to reflect on how we may embrace the sufferings and grief yet continue to live a meaningful life. Logotherapy provides a framework for openly discussing the topic of meaning in life and reflecting on how we may search for meaning in sufferings...

... Meaning in life Resilience Social isolation Stress and coping Well-being Mind and Life Institute 10.13039/100011569 University of Pennsylvania 10.13039/100006920 The pandemic caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has threatened the health of millions across the globe. Avoiding...

... (self-interest) nor to the value of morality (doing what is morally good) ( Wolf, 1997 , 2010, 2016 ). According to Wolf, meaning in life consists of actively engaging in projects of worth e.g. taking care of others, writing a poem and fighting injustice. For someone to have a meaningful life they must...

... months post-discharge (time 3). Corresponding author. Ai-Fu Chiou, School of Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, No 155, Sec 2, Li-Nong St, Taipei, Taiwan. Email: [email protected] Meaning in life is defined as ‘the extent to which one’s life is experienced as making sense, as being directed...

... psyche. Baumeister (1991) too believed that MIL is socially acquired. According to Baumeister (1991) , successful appraisals of life as meaningful depend on four needs of meaning being fulfilled. These four needs of meaning, also understood as ingredients or criteria of a meaningful life, are purpose...

... in adolescents from Asian American backgrounds ’, Asian American Journal of Psychology , 6 ( 2 ), pp. 164 – 73 . Kleiman E. M. , Beaver J. K. ( 2013 ) ‘ A meaningful life is worth living: Meaning in life as a suicide resiliency factor ’, Psychiatry Research , 210 ( 3 ), pp. 934 – 9...

... Mean Standard deviation Reported range 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Stress 10.24 8.22 0–50.22 – 2. Meaning in life 24.35 3.78 6–30 −0.08* – 3. Minor health symptoms 2.14 2.26 0–11 0.26* −0.23* – 4. Major health concerns 1.70 1.74 0–10 0.11* −0.10* 0.56...

... in life was found to moderate effects, and the new boundary expansion measure mediated effects when search for meaning in life was high. Narrative Entertainment Enjoyment Immersion Boundary Expansion The Self Self-Affirmation Meaning in Life “[Books] give us the model of self-transcendence. Some...

... interaction and meaning-in-life in cognitively intact nursing home patients ’, Journal of Advanced Nursing , 70 1 , pp. 107 – 20 . Janoff-Bulman R. , Frantz C. M. ( 1997 ) ‘ The impact of trauma on meaning: From meaningless world to meaningful life ’, in Power M. J. , Brewin C...

... B. A. Lorentz D. Understanding the search for meaning in life: Personality, cognitive style, and the dynamic between seeking and experiencing meaning Journal of Personality 2008 76 2 199 227 Steger M. F. Kawabatta Y. Shimai S. Otake K. The meaningful life...

... 2011 25 10 2011 © The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved 2012 Meaning of life Quality of life Satisfaction Oncology In 1947, the World Health Organization broadened the definition of health...

...Gerben J. Westerhof; Ernst T. Bohlmeijer; Ilse M. J. van Beljouw; Anne Margriet Pot Life review Meaning in life Depression Preventive services Clinical trial methods The intervention group followed the prevention program “Looking for Meaning,” which...

... Washington, DC U.S. Government Printing Office Wolinsky FD Johnson RJ Perceived health status and mortality among older men and women Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 1992 47 S303 S312 Wong PTP Wong PTP Frey PS Implicit theories of meaningful life...

..., event-causal libertarianism by the disappearing agent argument, and agent-causal libertarianism by the argument from irreconcilability with the laws of nature. A significant objection to free will scepticism is that it cannot preserve the sense of meaning in life. Objections that focus on the sense...

... at least taken seriously the idea that working toward some kind of goal is essential to a meaningful life. Perhaps, in the end, you will conclude that this idea is mistaken, and that it is in fact possible to have a perfectly meaningful life without ever working toward any particular goal. But for most...

... because something goes wrong or we can’t fit everything together. We’re then led to ask about the bigger purpose of what we do—how they relate to what we aspire to in our lives. As Will Crescioni and Roy Baumeister put it, the sort of ‘existentially meaningful life stories’ in the light...

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