Morality and Meaning of Life

Philosophy and Culture 31 (9):59-74 (2004)
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This paper discusses the practice by the moral significance of human life. First, this critique of contemporary culture began to reflect the "self-centered" tone, pointing out that the basic nature of human action; and then, through reflection on the moral practices to reflect and embody recourse against the way the meaning of life. Obviously, people are not satisfied with just exist, and trying to pursue a meaningful existence, and therefore "why the meaning of life" and "how recourse and embody the meaning of life" that human life itself as the fundamental issues and tasks. In this regard, contrary to contemporary culture, this potential "moral hatred" trend, and that the "moral" is the most obvious meaning of life can affect people of a unique phenomenon; Accordingly, the advocates of moral practice, not just people on how to act, in fact, more reflect about the meaning of life. This paper argues that a desire to die but mortal man, the meaning of life that we do not stop to reflect on the struggle toward perfection. This article begins with criticizing the "self-centred" direction of modern culture, then disclosing the basic properties of human action; thereby, through reflecting moral praxis, it reflects the way by which we can seek and embody the meaning of life. Obviously, We, as human being, do not satisfy with mere existence, but strive to seek a meaningful existence. Therefore, "What is the meaning of life?" and "how to seek and embody the meaning of life?" become the main question and task in our life. Conversing the "ressentiment of morality" implied in modern culture, this article strongly insists that morality is sui generis and is the best place of manifesting the meaning of our life, and, accordingly, that the morality is not only regarding how to act, but regarding the embodiment of meaning of life. Therefore, this article claims that we, human being, as a mortal life but longing for eternity, the meaning of our life are revealed in the endless effort toward summum bonum

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