Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
1-2022
Abstract
This article raises a puzzle about luck and meaning in life. The puzzle shows that, in certain cases involving luck, standard intuitions about the meaningfulness of various lives conflict with basic theoretical assumptions about the nature of meaning. After setting out the puzzle, several options for resolving it are developed and evaluated.
Keywords
achievement, final value, luck, meaning in life, personal value
Discipline
Digital Humanities
Research Areas
Political Science; Humanities
Publication
Ratio
First Page
1
Last Page
10
ISSN
0034-0006
Identifier
10.1111/rati.12330
Publisher
Wiley
Citation
HAMMERTON, Matthew.(2022). A puzzle about meaning and luck. Ratio, , 1-10.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3539
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1111/rati.12330